Has a Special Someone Made an Impact on Your Life

Outside your immediate family because no one could have more influence on me than my dad, has there been someone who has had an impact on your life? Maybe this special someone was an excellent teacher who gave you encouragement.

Could this special someone have been a member of your community? In my life a person who lived across the street from me was the one.

I grew up in a small town in the southeastern corner of the state of Kentucky. I went to the same school for 11 years--one year was spent in a one-room school at Buckeye, Kentucky.

The small, hometown school had an amazing group of teachers. One of these teachers impacted my life and played a major role in who I am today.

There were two teachers in this school who impacted my life, but I'm not sure it was their intentions to do so. Both told me that I would never make it in college. I used to send each my college GPA scores every year. Guess you could say that they motivated me to success even though their intentions weren't the best.

I was invited to preach in my hometown church long after I had begun my career in education. Nearly all my former teachers attended that Sunday.

When I told the audience that one of the teachers present this morning had made a major difference in my life, only one of them knew to whom I was speaking.

Because, I had the opportunity to tell this teacher how much she had meant to my advanced education and my career. I told her in person, and she cried. Of all the teachers I had throughout my educational career, she was one of the very best. Only an English professor in college could compete with her for that top honor.

Therefore, my challenge to you is--if there has been someone who has impacted your life that much--TELL THEM TODAY, IN PERSON, OR MAKE PLANS TO DO SO REALLY SOON!

Sometimes we know how much someone has affected our lives, but too often we fail to tell that special someone. Do it now before it becomes too late.