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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.
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...
hiskhiks hati aku jadi sedih. Hikshisk sebelum meneteskan air mata sebaiknya aku cepet-cepet deh tulis posting ini.
Hmm ceritanya bagus kan? Alasan aku taruh di sini karena aku juga menerima hal yg sama. Dulu waktu aku masih di klub bncc. Wah ketika 4 org temen seangkatan yg terpilih untuk menjadi kandidat calon ketua umum bncc. Saat itu rasanya banyak masalah yg berkutat di sekitar angkatan ku. Hmm dari hubungan dengan senior, apa yg harus kami lakukan, komitmen 1 tahun, keadaan klub, inovasi. Duh pokoknya pusink deh. Terus kita semua kumpul di rumah Valen yg tinggi banget seperti tinggi badan valen itu sendiri (^_^).
Dan ada sesi dimana kita tulis kelebihan dan kekurangan dari setiap org yg hadir saat itu. Wah ketika baca punya ku jadi terharu. wueks tentu saja aku gak tunjukin terang2an. kan malu. Ternyata ada yg tau sifat asli aku, terus menyadari ternyata seperti itulah aku di mata mereka. Ada yg emang aku inginkan (baik, cool, humoris, cuek ...) dan juga yg salah kira (jaim, gak suka berdebat, terlalu gak punya masalah....). Ah sampai sekarang kertas itu aku simpen. Dan aku kan sangat sedih kalo itu hilang. Aku simpen di tempat yg paling dekat denganku dan kuperlihatkan cuma kepada beberapa org saja. Mungkin bener kata er aku terlalu memoribilia. Hmm dasar cowok aneh aku.
Well aku juga berharap kalo hubungan sosial dengan temen bisa seterbuka kertas yg tertulis itu. Dan aku pun ingin membaginya. Pernah sih aku jadi moderator ST yang tujuannya tentang keakraban dan yah tentang kebersamaan juga. Dan kepada teman-teman ku di bncc yg beda angkatan 2 tahun (2002). Semoga kalian menyadari betapa pentingnya kertas tersebut dan arti dari kelebihan kekurangan kalian di mata yg lain. Hehehe kalo aku jadi moderator lagi bakal aku buat sesi itu lagi. Hahaha (^_^)
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good bye night (^_^)v
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