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A teacher in New York decided to honor her students by telling them the difference they each made. First she thanked to each of them how they made a difference to her and the class. Then she gave each student three blue ribbons with gold letters reading， “Who I Am Makes a Difference”. The students went out to find somebody to honor. The person would keep a ribbon and give the extra ones to a third person to keep it going.

One boy went to a manager in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. Later that day the manager went to see his boss. He told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative talent3. He gave the surprised boss the last extra ribbon and asked him to find somebody else to honor.

That night the boss went home to his 14yearold son. He told the boy what had happened and said， “I want to honor you， son. My days are really busy and when I come home I dont pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I shout at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess， but somehow tonight， I just want to let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother， you are the most important person in my life. Youre a great kid and I love you！”

Hearing this， the boy started to cry and couldnt stop. He looked up at his father and said through his tears， “I was planning on leaving home tomorrow， Dad， because I didnt think you loved me. Now I dont need to.”

紐約的一位老師決定告訴學生他們每個人的不同之處，以給予他們肯定。首先她感謝他們每個人對她個人和班級產生的影響。然后她給每一個學生三個藍色緞帶，上面用金色字母寫著“我是一個與眾不同的人”。學生們出去找人給予對方肯定。這個人會留下一條絲帶并且將另外一條送給第三個人，這樣繼續下去。

一個男孩去找了附近一家公司的經理，感謝他對他自己的職業生涯規劃的幫助。那天晚些時候，經理去見老板。他告訴老板，他非常欽佩他是一個創造性的天才，他給了驚訝不已的老板最后一條絲帶，并請他再找一個人來給予肯定。

那天晚上老板回到家，見到了他14歲的兒子。他告訴男孩白天發生的事，然后說：“兒子，我要表揚你。我每天真的很忙，當我回家的時候，我不夠關心你。有時候我因為你在學校學習成績不夠好或者臥室弄得亂七八糟而朝你吼叫，但不知為什么今晚我只想讓你知道你對我有重要的意義。除了你母親，你是我生命中最重要的人。你是一個很棒的孩子，我愛你！”

聽到這里，男孩哭泣不止。他抬頭看著父親，淚流滿面地說：“爸爸，我本來打算明天離家出走，因為我認為您不愛我。可是現在我不需要了。”