Watch what you SAY and DO

An Assignment

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 then remainder of the class period to finish their assignments, and as the students left the room, each 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 person, individually. On Monday she gave each student his or his list.

Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered.

"I never knew that meant anything to anyone!" "I didn't know others liked me so much."

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 it's purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another.

That group of students moved on. Several years later, one student was killed in Veitnam 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 a pallbearer came up to here.

"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 marks classmates had said about him.

"Thank-you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it."

Mark's classmates started to gather about the teacher and Mark's parents.

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 dairy."

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 without batting an eyelash. "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 on society is so thick that we forget that LIFE WILL END ONE DAY, and WE DKNT KNOW WHEN THAT DAY WILL BE. So please tell the people you love and care for that they are special and important.

Tell them before it's too late....as one way doing forward this message on. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the opportunity to do something loving and beautiful and co urine the trend that gives you problems in your relationships.

MAY YOU DAY BE AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE.

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AGAIN, I didn't write this (got it emailed to me).

And I decided to post another story just because I had enough time to type this all up and I did it.. WITH MY LITTLE BROTHERS HELP!!:D he's AWESOME!!;)

Kk but I won't be posting anymore stories till January now.. Getting ready for vacation and have barely anytime.

Kk til next time!!:)