Blessed are you who take the time
To listen to difficult speech,
For you help me to know that
If I persevere,
I can be understood.

Blessed are you who never bid me to
"Hurry Up"
Or take my tasks form me
And do them for me,
For I often need time rather than help.

Blessed are you who stand beside me
As I enter new and untried ventures,
For my failures will be outweighed
By the times I surprise myself and you.

Blessed are you who asked for my help,
For my greatest need is to be needed.

Blessed are you who understand that
It is difficult for me
To put my thoughts into words.

Blessed are you who with a smile, 
Encourage me to try once more.

Blessed are you who never remind me
That today I asked the same question twice.

Blessed are you who respect me
And love me just as I am

Amen

(Author: Unknown)

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If an adult is reinforced for behaving 
appropriately we call it recognition.

If a child is reinforced for behaving
appropriately we call it bribery.

If an adult laughs we call it socializing.
If a child laughs we call it misbehaving.

If an adult writes in a book we call it doodling.
If a child writes in a book we call it destroying property.

If an adult sticks to something we call it perseverance.
If a child sticks to something we call it stubbornness.

If an adult seeks help we call it consulting.
If a child seeks help we call it whining.

If an adult is not paying attention we call it preoccupation
If a child is not paying attention we call it distractibility.

If an adult forgets something we call it absentmindedness.
If a child forgets something we call it retardation.

If an adult tells their side of a story we call it clarification.
If a child tells their side of a story we call it talking back.

If an adult raises their voice in anger we call it maintaining control.
If a child raises their voice in anger we call it a temper tantrum.

If an adult hits a child we call it discipline.
If a child hits a child we call it fighting.

If an adult behaves in an unusual way we call them unique.
If a child behaves in an unusual way 
we refer them for a PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION!

(Author: Dixie Fletcher)

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Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech for you help us to
know that if we persevere we can be understood

Blessed are you who walk with us in public places, and ignore the stares of
strangers, for in your companionship we find havens of relaxation.

Blessed are you who never bid us to "hurry up" and more blessed you who
do not snatch our tasks from our hands to do them for us, for often we
need time rather than help

Blessed are you who stand beside us as we enter new and untried ventures,
for our failures will be outweighed by the time when we surprise
ourselves and you.

Blessed are you who ask for our help, for our greatest need is to be needed.

Blessed are you who help us with the graciousness of Christ who did not
bruise the reed and quench the flax, for often we need the help we
cannot ask for.

Blessed are you when by all these things you assure us that the thing that
makes us individuals in not in our peculiar muscles, not in our
wounded nervous system, not in our difficulties in learning, but in the
God-given self which no infirmity can confine.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad and know that you give us reassurances
that could never be spoken in words, for you deal with us as Christ
deals with all His children.

Amen

(Author: Unknown)

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