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A teacher asked a
class to write everything they liked about every other person in the
class. Then all these comments were given to that student. One of those students
was killed in Vietnam and his buddy found one of those comments from a
classmate tucked inside his shirt pocket New Testament. He sent it to
the boy's parents who immediately recognized it and sent it to the
teacher. When the student who
wrote the words of affirmation about the deceased soldier came to the
funeral home to be with her classmate for the last time, the teacher
handed her back the treasured comments, telling her that he died with
those words in his shirt pocket. We are here to affirm
people that way. We are not here to whittle around on people, shaping
them to our liking. We are not here to drag them into the sweat
lodges of our opinions until they come out at the very weight we planned
for them. Yes, it is shocking to think our almighty judgments
aren't the most important things in the world. So why are we here? We
are here to learn to love better. All we will have when we die that is
worth living for and dying with is the love we have given and received.
That is why when people die they want their loved ones around them. If words of
affirmation written in a classroom can mean so much to a boy that he
will carry them into battle tucked in his shirt pocket, that says it
all. Affirm people with
your words each day. Don't worry about inflating their egos. Life will
kick them in their egos often enough to keep them humble. Life will
knock them down over and over. Maybe your words will
help them get back up again and again. DR's website is at
www.daltonroberts.com.
His writings are gathered at www.ipsfeatures.com.
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