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08-26-2006, 07:24 PM #1
Remember, you reap what you sow.
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.
Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much." were most of the comments.
No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.
The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot." After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.
"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it."
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. "Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it."
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home."
Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album."
"I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary."
Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: "I think we all saved our lists."
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.
The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.
So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.
If you're "too busy" to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?
Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.
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08-26-2006, 07:40 PM #2
Thank you for that post bearpaw.
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08-26-2006, 07:42 PM #3
You're welcome jean. Nothing like a remider of what is important in life, right?
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08-26-2006, 07:48 PM #4
Thanks......it helps to step back and get to the basics.
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08-26-2006, 07:49 PM #5
Yes, you are so right.
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08-26-2006, 07:57 PM #6
My granddaughter's first grade teacher did something like this with her class. The teacher then showed each parent at conference time what the other children liked about their child. First graders can always find things to like about their peers. Sometimes parents are rushed and have many worries about adult things and can forget how precious are the little people living with them and it was an excellent reminder.
Bless all the teachers who go the extra mile.
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08-26-2006, 07:59 PM #7
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Neat post.
I may suggest that to a teacher.
Sometimes we don't realize that what we say and what we do does have an effect.
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08-29-2006, 08:54 PM #8
There was a time our schools were full of teachers who wanted to leave something positive with their students. I'm glad I got the opportunity to grow up in such a time to experience that myself.
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09-02-2006, 12:53 AM #9
bearpaw, you touched my spirit with that post.
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09-02-2006, 08:58 PM #10
Nittygritty,
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