To Sir With Love

This is a true story as told by Barbara A. Glanz.
“The Simple Truths of Appreciation” from the Simple Truth

   -  how each of us can choose to make a difference

 In my speeches and workshops,

I sometimes ask my audiences to shut their eyes, and think about someone who,

At some time in their lives,

Has rekindled their inner light.
 It is always a profound experience for everyone as they remember the joy they received from being appreciated by someone when they needed it the most.

After one session, a gentleman thanked her for creating a new awareness.

He had immediately thought of his eighth grade literature teacher who had really made an impact on his life.

He planned to track her down and thank her.

A few months later, he called me to say he’d written to his teacher.

She’d gotten his letter, and the following week she sent him her response,
“ Dear John,
You will never know how much your letter meant to me. I am 83 yrs.old and I’m living all alone in one room. My friends are all gone. My family’s gone. I taught for 50 yrs and yours is the first ‘thank you’ letter I’d ever gotten from a student. Sometimes I wonder what I did with my life, I would read and reread your letter until the day I die.”
He was very emotional on the phone.
He said, “ She’s always the one we talk about at every reunion.”
“She was everyone’s favorite teacher.”
“We loved her!”
“But no one has ever told her….”
…..until she received his letter.”
Mother Teresa said, “ Kindness is a language we all understand. Even the blind can see it and the deaf can hear it.”

Thank someone who’d touched your life Today!