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, and 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 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 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' son. In addition, the young boy and his classmates
learned a
valuable lesson, "Who you are DOES make a difference".

You are under no obligation to pass this on to anyone.... not to two
people,
or to two hundred. As far as I am concerned, you can forget it and move
on.
On the other hand, if you want, you could send it to all of the people
who
mean something to you, or send it to the one, two, or three people who
mean
the most.

On the other hand, just smile and know that I think that you are
important,
or you would not have received this in the first place. Who you are
does
make a difference, and I wanted you to know that.
Isn't this a wonderful story? I'm passing the blue ribbon to you, for
who
YOU are does make a difference, too.
May GOD BLESS YOU. Have an awesome day, and know that someone has
thought
about you today

Great post , very touching

Thank you for this! you made my day!

i love this one it is great

can someone think of something funny and let me know ,,because now i'm
crying

awsome........

Great one Loves, keep them coming.
This should cause a lot of deep thinking.

Received. Confirmed and am listening. Duff

very nizzzzzzzzze

Who says the little things we do for each other ,NEVER get noticed ???
EXCELLENT .... and thx .. :)

very heartfelt

Awesome post Loves,,, its the little things that matter,,,