I had a student who came to my office during the beginning of PM 4 yesterday because he said he did not "feel like" going to class. I told him there would serious consequences for skipping class and we went back and forth. He decided, in the end, to head to class. When I went down to see him he was actually enjoying the class and getting something out of it. What he thought would happen, in fact, did not. He almost allowed his fears and negativity get the best of his behaviors.
Students, when we start making decisions based on fears and selfish motives, we usually end up more miserable than we were to start.
I witnessed something amazing at Schnuck's grocery store yesterday. I was in a long line waiting to check out and there was an older woman in front of me trying to purchase her items with some difficulty. She was paying with food stamps and the sales clerk was having a hard time running them through. Then, the gentleman waiting patiently behind her, without knowing this woman, handed the cashier a $50 bill and paid for the woman's groceries.
That deed made me feel good and I did not even do it. It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes by Todd Whittaker, "When you do something nice for someone else, two people feel better, and one of them is you." Let's not miss opportunities to make someone else's day, and in turn, make our own.
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