Something that someone sent me and I truly felt it was WELL Worth the sharing............enjoy the read people. Please take the time to read this, it affects every single one of us in some way or another.
A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in High School
by telling them the difference each of them had made. She called each
student to the front of the class, one at a time.
First, she told each of them how they had made a difference to her, and the
class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon, imprinted with
gold letters, which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."
Afterwards, the teacher decided to do a class project, to see what kind of
impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students
three more blue ribbons, and instructed them to go out and spread this
acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see
who honored whom, and report to the class in about a week.
One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby
company, and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave
him a blue ribbon, and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra
ribbons and said, "We*re doing a class project on recognition, and we*d
like for you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon,
then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third
person, to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back
to me and tell me what happened."
Later that day, the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been
noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down,
and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The
boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would
accept the gift of the blue ribbon, and would he give him permission to put
it on him.
His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue
ribbon and placed it right on his boss*s jacket, above his heart.
As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you take this extra
ribbon, and pass it on by honoring somebody else. The young boy who first
gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school, and we want to keep this
recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."
That night, the boss came home to his 14-year-old son, and sat him down.
He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my
office, and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me,
and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine! He thinks I
am a creative genius! Then he put a blue ribbon that says, "Who I Am Makes
a Difference", on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and
asked me to find somebody else to honor.
As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would
honor with this ribbon, and I thought about you. I want to honor you.
My days are hectic and when I come home, I do not pay a lot of
attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good
enough grades in school, and for your bedroom being a mess. Somehow,
tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that
you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the
most important person in my life. You*re a great kid, you give reason to my
life and for you I put double effort on my work inspired in the fact that I
love you!"
The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he could not stop
crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said
through his tears, "Dad, earlier tonight I sat in my room and wrote a
letter to you and Mom, explaining why I had taken my own life, and I
asked you to forgive me. I was going to commit suicide tonight after
you were asleep. I just did not think that you cared at all. The letter
is upstairs. I don*t think I need it after all."
His father walked upstairs and found a heartfelt letter full of anguish
and pain.
The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no longer a grouch,
but made sure to let all of his employees know that they made a
difference.
The junior executive helped other young people with career planning,
and never forgot to let them know that they made a difference in his
life...one being the boss* son. In addition, the young boy and his
classmates learned a valuable lesson,
"Who YOU are DOES make a
difference".