“This Thing Works! Ribbon Testimonial from South Africa

 “Beginning of February 2012 I invited Patti to our office premises.   Patti is our real estate agent. When she arrived she looked fabulous (as usual) and it was during this time, when we were together assessing the property, she blurted out that she was going through a divorce.  She apologised that she had not been in touch with me, but she was feeling so awful, that she could only cry. 

I was so shocked and sad to hear this, I just wanted to help.   I didn’t know what to say or how to help her; I just listened and gave her a hug.

As we got to the end of the viewing of the property, I asked her if I could give her a gift.  She had a very quizzical expression on her face.  I proceeded to tell her about the “Standing Strong Together” Skype training I was doing with Difference Makers International, and asked her if I could give her a blue ribbon.  I told her I wanted to honor her for her beauty, health, and work ethic because I felt such a connection with her.  When I placed the blue ribbon over her heart, and gave her a “Bing!”, her eyes filled with tears, and she just cried aloud.

I thought I might have upset or embarrassed her, but she assure me that she was so grateful for my acknowledgement that she asked me if she could give me a hug.  And so we just hugged each other for a moment or two.  I gave her the two extra ribbons to pay it forward, and she immediately said that the first one she was going to give out was to her Mom.

The difference this made is that this morning, when Patti came back to the office with a group of people to take through the premises, she drew me aside and whispered that “this thing works.”  I had the quizzical look on my face now, she related that she had gone home from our first meeting at the offices, and decided to honor her husband.  She had given him one of the two blue ribbons she had saved. She whispered to me that they were rethinking the divorce and giving each other another chance.  She said that she would phone me later today to tell me what happened.

I am feeling “goose-bumps” as I share this feedback.  Really! “this thing works”, as Patti put it.”

14 February 2012 ·