Kind words mean a lot

I went to office to clean-up, clear off the desk. Got rid of books and award certificates. Yet, I kept all the 'thank you notes and cards' from the students. The kind words from my students warm my heart.

I have heard a story sometime ago. There was a high school teacher. Three weeks after the semester, she asked every students to write compliment to the other fellow students and handed in to her after students finished writing the stories.

After collecting all the students' papers, the teacher collected all the kind words for each students from their classmates and gave those kind notes in envelops to each students.

Five years after the graduation, the teacher received a phone call from the parent of her student, Rachael. Rachael's mom said that Rachael had been killed in a car accident. The parent invited the teacher to attend Rachael's funeral service.

After the service, Rachael's mom showed the envelop to the teacher and said to the teacher:

"Rachael read those kind notes from her classmates every night before she went to bed every night. We really appreciate what you had done to Rachael. Thank you."

Kind words mean a lot to a human soul.