We all want and need to be appreciated...

I know this is not a 'real' blog post...

A couple of nights ago I wrote a REAL blog post... it was good. It was probably the best blog post I've ever written. Alas, it got captured by cyber-aliens and they locked it up somewhere.

At first I spent a moment kicking myself for failing to copy this most excellent post before I hit that 'Post' button... then it dawned on me that it's quite possibly changing the world... some world, some cyber-alien world out there that needed it far more than you.

So instead of spending an hour and a half writing something brilliant I figured I go the route of sharing someone else's words. (Good and wise words they are) and just preface it by saying that I, personally, have experimented with this particular tact (which means it was no case of mistaken identity like described below) and described a child or two as if they were showing up in ways they weren't (quite yet) showing up... and sure enough, they started showing up that way. So tuck the bit of wisdom below into your toolbelt and you'll be amazed...or amused.

Jaime Escalante, the teacher on whom the movie Stand and Deliver was based, tells an amazing story about a mistaken identity and the difference a word of appreciation made in a boy''s life.
A teacher had two students in his class who were both named Johnny. One Johnny was an excellent student, a happy child, and always had his homework completed on time. The other Johnny was always in trouble, never had his work finished, and generally made the teacher's life miserable.

The night of the first PTA Open House of the year a mother stayed after the meeting to ask about her son, Johnny, and how he was getting along in the class. Assuming it was the mother of the ""good"" Johnny, the teacher replied, "I can''t tell you how much I appreciate him. I am so glad he''s in my class."

The next day, for the first time all year, the "problem" Johnny had all his work done, he spoke up in class, and never once caused a disruption. He even volunteered to help another student. The teacher was astounded!

At the end of the day when everyone else had left, "problem" Johnny came up to the teacher and said, ""My Mom told me what you said about me last night. I haven't ever had a teacher who wanted me in his class."

That Johnny became one of the best students the teacher ever had – and all because of an unexpected dose of appreciation! No matter who we are and what our situation in life is, we all want and need to be appreciated.

The source is SimpleTruths.com ...
And to learn more about sharing doses of appreciation see my little site HERE

--Mary K¸

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