A Little Praise

A LITTLE PRAISE !!!!!

A boy in London made his living as a sales clerk in a goods store. Everyday he
would get up at 5 in the morning to face the same 14 hours of work. He would
have to sweep, clean, and work for those 14 hours, all while simultaneously
hating it. But one morning he woke and decided he could not take it anymore.
He walked 15 miles to his mother's workplace that morning. In his plea to his
mother to end his work at the goods store he stated he would kill himself if he
had to work any longer. He knew it wasn't for him, and he hated the work.

Following the plea to his mother, he wrote to his old schoolmaster
notifying him
of his loss of a desire to live. But his schoolmaster did not accept
it. He gave
the boy a little praise, and also notified him that he was surely destined for
better things. Not only did he praise him, but he also offered him a job as a
teacher. The schoolmaster knew the intelligence of the boy.

The praise changed the future of the boy and the future of English Literature.
That same boy went onto sell innumerable best selling books and made
millions of
dollars all with his pen. That boys' name was H.G. Wells.

See how far a little praise can go? How would this story be changed if instead
the schoolmaster criticized Wells? If he verbally attacked the boy for wanting
to kill himself?

Don't underestimate the power of praise. Even a little praise will
surely change
someone's day, but it could also change someone's life.