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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
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 somuch," 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 VietNam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a service man 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 pall bearer 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.

genzo2106

hey there buddy.. very touching article indeed.where did you get it??

Life is full of ups and downs. But one has to learn how to stand up on his own and continue his path to attaining enlightment...:mellow3: :mellow3:

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killtheblackkat

daaaaaaamn touching. if i ever get to be a teacher... i hope that i will remember this story and tell my students to do it.

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janice

so touching

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TDS

very touching lea
is it true?

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tesoon

very touching story, thanks for sharing

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DAVE

i like the story:mellow3:

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moody moo

Sometime is really too late to tell those you love how important they mean to you.....human are so confuess sometime... :handsup:

Thanks for sharing buddy :mellow3:

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ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย จะไม่รักใครสักคน
I always miss you and my heart is calling for you. "Until the end of the world", I would not love anyone but you.

Samuelpsw

very touching..makes me think of my friend that passed away earlier few months ago..alot of things to tell him yet no chance..

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robin

very touching story...

Tristanity

Life is unpredictable, tell someone how much u love them before its too late.

relentless pursuit for perfection;
thats taking a toil
in my health.

Somebody said they saw you,
the person you were kissing wasn't me.
And i will never ask you;
I just kept it to myself.
I dont wanna know;
if you playing me, keep it all a low.
Cause my heart can't take it anymore.

What do i do to make you love me
What do i do to make you care
What do i do to make you want me
Its sad, Its so sad,
Its a sad sad situation

uyen

genzo,TDS ,this is a true story.I got it from my email from my sis.

im glad all of you like it.hope im not spamming this forum.

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