Older is Wiser

My week has been awesome. But something touched me today.

I walked into a McDonalds today, just minding my own business. Another day, just getting a water that I can hopefully sneak some soda into and a McDouble with the last dollar I had. It was just another day. However, I sat next to an older woman, around her mid 70's. She said hello to me, I said so too. She asked me if I went to school at Loveland, I said I did. We began to talk about school, about how most teens don't have much good to say about school. So we talked. And we talked and we talked and we talked. It was the kindness of talking to a complete stranger that made such an impact.

I was shocked in a sense. I had no idea who this woman was. And yet she trusted me as if I was her own. We began to talk about kindness. How kindness is something that we all can spread to make the world so much better, no matter what we have had to deal with. I mentioned a scenario with Ryan Kent (hope you're reading Ryan) and how that inspired me to dedicate my life to spreading kindness amongst everyone in my life. Karen (the woman's name) really valued that about me. She said I wasn't like most teens.

She's right.

As she was leaving, she came back in after trying to start her car. She ran out of gas. Speaking of kindness, I offered to take the gas container she had and take it to the King Soopers gas station a couple blocks away and fill it up to help her get home. Do you know how great it feels to help others in such great quantities at random? My God, it feels amazing. Just remember that one act of kindness can completely revelate someone's life.

Sounds cliche, but it's true.