11.27.2010

Stumble Upon.

I'm not sure what my deal is lately, but I can't get enough of writing. I have so much to say, my head is just filled with stuff to share.

And today I discovered Stumble Upon. Ok, I've heard of it. I've seen it on Facebook, but I never paid attention. I never bothered clicking on it.

Until today.

New plan. Well, adding to all existing plans. . . I will be periodically (maybe daily, maybe more, maybe less) be sharing a site, story, picture, quote, whatever that I stumbled on and thought I'd like to share with ya'll.

This is where tagging is going to become essential. And I don't plan on including pictures with these posts, so they most likely won't be linked on Facebook.

So, without further aideau, my first website share. . . .

This is actually a story that I read a couple years ago. I believe on of my professors brought it to my attention, but when I stumbled on it today, I couldn't help but get the goosebumps all over again.

Ironically, I stumbled upon this link right after which was simply the following quote:



"Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could
be, and he will become what he should be." -Ralph Waldo Emerson


The two go together very well, now I'm definitely not saying that the teen was in the right, or that he necessarily "got what he deserved." But, the victim certainly had a brilliant plan and quite possibly changed the teen's life forever. In the utopia that is my mind right now, that one random act of bravery/kindness did just that. I wish we knew the rest of the story.

I would love to know what happened after he left the restaurant.
I would love to know what happened the next day.
I would love to know where he is now.
I would love to know what he's doing.

And that quote. . . oh it is so true. I wonder how many people's lives could be changed by one random act of kindness. Or even better than a random act of kindness, just knowing that someone has confidence in them and their lives, knowing that someone believes in them.

I think it's important to remember that everything we do and say affects someone else's life. . . this is definitely something I am trying to be more conscious of. . .
♥ Sara

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