Listen to how a simple ball of yarn became a web of love for one classroom of
high school students.
Their teacher seated the students in a circle on the carpeted floor. One member
of the group was instructed to toss a ball of yarn to someone across the circle,
holding tightly to one end. The recipient took hold of the string and listened
as the one who tossed it shared something that she especially liked about him.
Keeping hold of the string, he then tossed the ball across the circle to someone
else and affirmed something positive about her. The ball of yarn was tossed
across and around the circle until everyone had both heard and shared
encouragement...and thus the yarn became a woven web of love and good
feelings....
Before they went their separate ways, the teacher took scissors and snipped
through the web. Each person took a piece of yarn away as a remembrance of the
special words they heard. Surprisingly, many of them wore cherished pieces of
yarn around their wrists for days and weeks afterward.
Every year now, students ask their teacher to end the term with the Web of Love.
It has become an annual tradition in their high school! Which goes to show how
much encouragement means to most people.
Why wait? We can find opportunities to affirm others throughout the day. Few
people grow weary of hearing sincere appreciation and praise. And each time you
give it you help to create an invisible web of love that can last a lifetime.
Steve Goodier
Thanks to Life Support
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