#0550 Who you are does make a difference

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0550 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Who you are does make a difference

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A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in

high school by telling them the difference they each 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 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 back 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 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 do me a favor? 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'm a creative genius.

Then he put this 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 really hectic, and when I come

home I don't 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, but 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 and I love you!"

The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't 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 killed myself and

asking you to forgive me.

I was going to commit suicide tonight after you were asleep.

I just didn't 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 envelope was addressed, "Mom and Dad."

The boss went back to work a changed man.

He was no longer a grouch but made sure to let all his employees

know that they made a difference.

The junior executive helped several 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's son.

And the young boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson.

Who you are DOES make a difference!

~Author Unknown~

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