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THE BLUE RIBBON
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.
You are under no obligation to send this on to anyone ...
not to one people or to one hundred. As far as I am concerned,
you can move on to another page. But if you have anyone
who means a lot to you, I encourage you to send him or her
this message and let them know that they make a difference in your life.
You never know what kind of difference 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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