YOU DID MAKE DIFFERENCE!

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Dear All,

 

Love and Love alone...

 

I think I posted this once before. However, once again, for it is a

good one, for those who joined us recently.

 

Love and Love alone...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

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Dear Friend,

 

When I look back in my life I realize that you did make a difference

in my life. You gave me some ideas to ponder that made the

difference. I can't send you blue ribbons but can at least send you

this article ………..

 

You make a difference! (Author Unknown)

 

A high school teacher decided to honour all of her students 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 honoured 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 honoured 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 honour, 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 favour? Would you take this extra ribbon

and pass it on by honouring 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 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 honour. As I was driving home

tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honour with this

ribbon and thought of you. I want to honour 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, 'I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow,

Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I know you care. This

is the happiest day I've known.'

 

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' son. And the young boy

and his classmates learned a valuable lesson.

 

So who you are DOES make a difference

and I wanted you to know that.

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God is ........

Love is