Thank you all for touching my life and blessing it in your own way.

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Subject: Fwd: Too Busy


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>

Thought I would share this with all of you

Marsha/Lynn>


>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 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
> >Vietnam 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 purse and showed her

> >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 AND AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE!!