Several weeks ago, my sixteen-year-old daughter received a compliment after school that has influenced her. Each day, she waits for her brother and together they walk home or wait for me to pick them up after school -- and sometimes she waits at the meeting spot for a long while. After she arrived on this particular day, a boy named Jacob walked up to her."I just want to thank you," he said. "I have noticed that you are always modest, and I appreciate it."
Needless to say, Rose appreciated his attention and his comment. It was more impressive, though, when he explained that he had already left the school, but that he was driving home and had been prompted to return to the school and talk to her about her choice to be modest.
Thank you, Jacob!
Three decades ago, a boy bought a green shirt with his first hard-earned money. Then he went to a salon to get his hair cut. The stylist looked at his shirt and said, "Green isn't your color."That boy did not wear his shirt again. And for the past thirty years, that man has never worn a green shirt!
I am sure the stylist had no idea of the significance of that boy's shirt -- or the power she had over his life choices when she made an idle comment. Do we?
Thank you, Jacob.
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