Your Positive remarks lit a child's life

Find something positive to say to the child and it will not only lit up his or her day but maybe whole life.

STORY
This happenned in the year of 1972. I was studying in fourth standard in St.Joseph's Girls' Hr Sec School, in Dindigul, Tamilnadu. I used to have inferiority complex because I am dark complexioned and everybody else at home is fair.I was all the time teased for my complexion, called darkie even by my family members.

My headmistress Sr. Jessie Redempta Mary used to come to our classes for cursive writing period, once in a week. That was her way of being in touch with her children. The previous week I had submitted my book for correction and incidentall the book was stained with coconut oil. When she was reading out our names and distributing our books, I was shivering with fear, as I knew that she will scold me for spoiling my boos and she had a reputation of being strict.

As she called out my name, with tears in my eyes I went near her. She looked at my book and the at me and said, "Mahalakshmi, though you are dark, what a beeutiful child you are with a million

dollar smile and why dont you keep your book also in the same condition", and I was shocked. "I am beautiful!" the words kept on reverbrating in my ears and thereafter if anyone teased me, I would hold my head straight and tell them that I am very beautiful and my Head Mistress told me so.

My self esteem and self confidence went up and I went ahead to achieve many things in my life. Today I am a personality development trainer, I teach people how to be confident and tough and all this I owe to her kind words. Every teacher's day I remember her with gratitude in my heart and send out a prayer "Ma'm wherever you are please take care of all those tender hearts with your love".

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Submitted by Mahalakshmi  on Teachers day