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From: Russ Hicks
Date: 10/7/02
Time: 9:07:38 PM
Remote Name: 12.237.31.119
Hi Susan,
Thank you for your kind words! Please look at my reply to Steve Hood titled "The gift of Courage" where I discuss some of the very things you mentioned.
Regarding being "different," I like to use this analogy. Imagine yourself sitting on the beach looking down on the sand. Now look down very carefully and pick out ONE grain of sand. Yes, THAT one. You see it? Okay. Now look up at the ocean and see the waves rolling in, the ships out on the horizon, the swimmers in the surf. Now look back down at the sand where you were looking a few moments before. Can you find that particular grain of sand again? No. Try it sometime. The reason you can't pick out that single grain of sand is simply that they all look ALIKE! If you painted your grain bright red, sure you could see it. But if it looks just like all the other jillions of grains of sand right by it, it becomes virtually invisible.
So it is with people. People remember other people because of some distinct characteristic. Or more normally a SET of characteristics. Be nice. Be clean. Be funny. Be friendly. Be helpful. Yada, yada, yada. And oh yeah, you stutter too. Good. That sets you apart from other nice, clean, funny, friendly, helpful people. They'll remember you! I've seen it happen thousands of times in my own life. People remember me. And that's really cool! I LOVE it when that happens!
Thanks for your comments, Susan. That means a lot to me!
Best wishes,
Russ