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	Thank You!
By Christopher Deal

To those who remember that a simple �thank you� goes a long way!

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Along the side of roads and highways all over the world,

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there are leaves waiting to be seen and noticed. 
(Illustration of leaf on side of the road)

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On one particular fall day,

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there was a leaf who was given another chance to be seen by anyone who would pay attention.

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(Illustration of car entering the page)

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Oh how the leaf was so very excited.  For it had never been noticed by anyone.

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(Car illustration continues to come into the page)

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There hadn�t been a car in days to pass by.

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(Car illustration continues to come into the page)

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Today would be different though.

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See.  There had been many leaves that

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would lay flat, would stand tall, would sway, and would pose anytime a vehicle would approach in hopes that they would be noticed. Sometimes, one leaf would get the attention of a passerby.  The �feeling� of being noticed was immediately seen on the chosen leaf.  The leaf would sway more; not look so withered; and would seem to get more energy from the tree which it was born.

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(Car illustration continues to come into the page)


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She longed to be seen.  

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Days and weeks would go by, yet noone would ever notice her. Noone would ever picked her out of the others.  Noone ever thought she mattered. 

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(Illustration of the leaf in a modest stance)

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As long as she could remember, being seen was always what she wanted.  She wanted to know if she mattered to anyone.

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(Illustration of the lead in a modest stance)

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Even on those days when the heat beat down on her, she knew deep down she had the energy to be seen.  She knew she had the energy to do what the others had done at various times in the past.
(Illustration of the sun beating down)

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(Illustration of leaf)

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(Illustration of storm clouds)

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Even when the clouds filled with danger and presented a light show like no other, (Leaf in modest stance in storm)

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(Illustration of storm)

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She worked even harder to get the attention of anyone passing by her. She knew she could withstand any storm.

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(Illustration of storm with cars passing by)

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But, for so long, she wasn�t observed by anyone.

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As the days and weeks passed,�

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(Illustration of leaf alone on side of the street)

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(Illustration of pavement with no vehicle)

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so did the hope that she would be seen.

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The days went continued to go by.

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(Illustration of leaf alone on side of the street)

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(Illustration of pavement with no vehicle)

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And, so did the people who would pass by in their cars.

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As the weather became cooler and eventually much colder.
(Illustration of the cold with the leaf brittle)

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the glimmer of hope was fading within her.

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But, something was about to happen.  On this day, she could see another car approaching.  She perked up as she did previously.  Bus, something was different today.

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(Illustration of the leaf by herself on the side of the road with the car approaching in the distance with a boy�s head out the window)

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What our leaf did not know was that there was a little boy who wanted to be seen, as well.

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(Closer picture of boy in the backseat and the leaf in the distance)
He was not like all the other kids, and he knew it.

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He knew that he acted differently then other kids.

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He knew that he had a hard time keeping still.

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He knew that he might not have been as smart as the other kids, may not have looked the same as the other kids, and may not have spoken the same way as the other kids.

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He kept questioning in his heart if it was OK to be different.  He just wanted to be seen, heard, and if what he said mattered to anyone. Anyone.

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Like the leaf, kids and adults would often ignore him even though he was always right there next to them in the same room.

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He really was no different than they were, but they made he believe he was.

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He just wanted to be seen and appreciated.

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As the car approached the leaf, our leaf decided to give it one last try to be seen.

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The car came side by side with the leaf. Then it happened.  The boy�s eyes locked in on the leaf.  Upon seeing the leaf, the boy�s face lit up with a smile.
(Illustration of boy locking eyes on the leaf)

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The leaf knew it. She knew she had been noticed by the boy. 

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And, the boy,�he knew the leaf had noticed him .

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And for that moment in time, he heard the faint sound of the leaf say �Thank you! Thank you for noticing me!�

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When she thought no one was ever going to notice her, someone did.

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And from that day forward, our leaf never gave up hope on herself

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because she knew that she was noticed and appreciated.

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And, for our boy,�

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He realized that just as much as he wanted to be seen, 

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sometimes noticing others is just as rewarding.  From that day forward, the little boy quit worrying about who would notice or not notice him.  He made the effort to notice the good in others. He looked for the qualities that made them unique.  He made every effort to pay attention to those who were different.  He realized the strength in being unique. 

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