Make Someone's Day

I'm just going to say it, this was just not my week. I'm sure most Woodbridge High School students would agree. As I walked through school, there was a definite feeling of gloom hovering everywhere. Most agreed that it seemed it would never end. Yet here we are, we got by. I think we see the best and the worst in people when times are tough. It seems like everyone just knows that others are stressed when everything falls at the same time, whether it be a test, essay or some sort of social issue. Some choose to take the high road, while others use rough circumstances as an excuse to be rude.
Goal: take the high road and make someone's day rather than ruining it.
When that girl helps you with the books you just dropped, or your friend wishes you good luck on your huge test, that's the best of us shining through. Its when you show you care, and love others more than yourself.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Even when it seems everything is going wrong, and you are overwhelmed, there has to be something good. This time the "something good" was in a most unlikely place. I found an act of kindness in the J-building girls' bathroom. The entire room was full of sticky notes, at least 500, all with little motivational sayings. "You are smart," "You are loved" and It seemed to come exactly at the right time, and everyone in the room agreed. I walked into third period after being pushed to see it during break. The room was full of "who did it" and "that was just what I needed." I don't know who did it, and I don't know why each of those girls needed it.
I know that even in the midst of chaos, there is beauty.
Sometimes it is hard to find for ourselves, but it is there. We can all be the good in someone else's life. Its that smile, that "hi," that text, that helps me know that everything will work out. Seeing someone else's effort to make a difference in all of those girls' lives makes me want to do the same. Maybe not the impression they made, but smiling more, encouraging more, and listening more are certainly a start.