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> Too Busy for a Friend...
> >
> >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.
> >
> >And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Forward this message on. If you do not
> >send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to
> >do something nice and beautiful.
> >
> > If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it
> > means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching
> > out to those you care about.
> >
> > Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others
> > comes back into your own.
> >
> >May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Forward this message on. If you do not
> >send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to
> >do something nice and beautiful.
> >
> > If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it
> > means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching
> > out to those you care about.
> >
> > Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others
> > comes back into your own.
> >
> >May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are
> >