You make a difference!

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sent this to me and I just thought everyone would enjoy this! You all

make a difference in my life!!!

You make a difference!

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> > SunflowerYOU do make a difference in my LIFE !!!!

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> > Whether the story is true or not matters not. We all have people in

our

> > lives that make a difference. I encourage you to let them know now that

> > they make a difference. Can you imagine what the lives of little

children

> > would be like if they grew up periodically being told that " they make a

> > difference?

> >

> >

> > I want each one of you to know that you make a difference in my life.

I

> > truly appreciate you!

> >

> > 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 ribbon 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 difference.

> >

> > I encourage you to send those that mean a lot to you this message and

> let

> > them know that they make a difference in your life. You never know what

> kind

> > of difference just a little encouragement can make to a person.

> >

> > I give you this blue ribbon. Who you are makes a difference!

> >

> > ~Author Unknown~

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