In 1996,on a Friday in February,a fourteen-year-old boy walked into my son's junior high school,took out the gun he had hidden in his coat,and killed two students and a teacher. Our small community was shattered. The following Monday, school was in session for students who Omega Replica Watches(http://www.bestwatches4u.com/omega-c-340.html) wanted to come, and I decided to go to the school, just to be there. There were a few more mothers,some policemen and others from the community who had the same idea. We hugged kids,let them talk and cry — whatever we could do to comfort them. They were like little zombies, still in shock, full of fear and hurt. What I noticed most was an emptiness in their eyes. The innocence and enthusiasm that normally radiated from the faces of those children were gone.
I continued volunteering at the junior high for the rest of the school year. In October,the school hired me as the community resources director so I could go on working with the children at the school. Lunchroom duty was part of my job, and I made it a point to smile at the students,talk to them and laugh with them. I wanted to be a positive force in a place that was threatening to sink under the weight of negative emotions.
Then right before Christmas break,only ten months after the first shooting, the unthinkable happened. Another boy from the junior high went home and shot his sister, his mother and himself. The community was utterly devastated. The fragile confidence we had worked so hard to build was destroyed. Our entire community was numb with grief. The emptiness I had seen in the children's eyes spread to the adults as well. I didn't know if we would be able to recover.
Over the holidays,! wept and prayed. I have always found comfort and inspiration in prayer,and during that dark time, an idea came to me. I wanted to do something to fill the emptiness I saw all around me. What if everyone,the whole town,focused on virtues? The idea was very specific and yet simple. First, get everyone thinking about virtues. Then, start encouraging everyone to look for the virtues in their lives — in others and Audemar Piguet Replica(http://www.fashion-replica.com/GoodsBrand/Audemars-Piguet-6.html) in themselves. Next and most important , teach people to acknowledge the virtues they saw around them. I didn't know if it would work, but I knew I had to try.
I decided to start with four virtues ; compassion, respect, responsibility and tolerance. I had 150 signs made — the virtues and their definitions in bold black lettering on white sheets. My plan was to put up the signs at school and then have the children help me put more signs in all the local store windows. I wanted to flood the community with some-thing positive, to raise community awareness of what was important — what was ultimately true — in life.
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