I realized that I complain way too often about what all goes wrong, especially where school is concerned. So I thought, why not share something that cheered me up immensely. Now you must be wondering, what on Earth can cheer an unwilling student up. Let me add this: it was on a Monday morning, and the entire school was smiling, with not one yawn noticed anywhere.
It was a Monday morning. I was tired (yes at 6 a.m. after getting 8 hours of sleep I was tired), and didn't want to go to school. The bus was late. Another bus had broken down and all the people on that bus squeezed onto ours and we were on our way once more. By the time we'd reached, the assembly had started. All I could hear was slow music playing. I walked up to Jai and asked him what was going on. He said "Random acts of kindness. Watch."
And I did. I watched a little girl walk up to one of the seniors and hand her a piece of paper. I watched another give her big sister a sash. Mark ran up to our transport-in-charge with a letter of thanks. Shruthi gave our Vice Principal the cutest hug ever. Grade 12 got a big card from the entire Grade 2. Two of us got balloons. The 'chechi' who takes care of the kids got a card as well. One boy got a flag, another gave his mom a photo of both of them together.
These are but a few examples of what the kids did. And thanks to them we kept smiling the entire day. I keep thinking, one random act of kindness can cheer up someone so much, why don't we all do it? You know once in a while, share chocolates for no reason...buy your friends' food...do something to make someone smile. Because there is nothing better than knowing that you made someone smile.
Back in class, I walked over to the display board to see our timetable. And I saw a box of Tic-Tac. The little ones had not forgotten even a single person. They'd given the box to our lab assistant with a little 'thank-you' note :)
Keep smiling. Keep making others smile.
It was a Monday morning. I was tired (yes at 6 a.m. after getting 8 hours of sleep I was tired), and didn't want to go to school. The bus was late. Another bus had broken down and all the people on that bus squeezed onto ours and we were on our way once more. By the time we'd reached, the assembly had started. All I could hear was slow music playing. I walked up to Jai and asked him what was going on. He said "Random acts of kindness. Watch."
And I did. I watched a little girl walk up to one of the seniors and hand her a piece of paper. I watched another give her big sister a sash. Mark ran up to our transport-in-charge with a letter of thanks. Shruthi gave our Vice Principal the cutest hug ever. Grade 12 got a big card from the entire Grade 2. Two of us got balloons. The 'chechi' who takes care of the kids got a card as well. One boy got a flag, another gave his mom a photo of both of them together.
These are but a few examples of what the kids did. And thanks to them we kept smiling the entire day. I keep thinking, one random act of kindness can cheer up someone so much, why don't we all do it? You know once in a while, share chocolates for no reason...buy your friends' food...do something to make someone smile. Because there is nothing better than knowing that you made someone smile.
Back in class, I walked over to the display board to see our timetable. And I saw a box of Tic-Tac. The little ones had not forgotten even a single person. They'd given the box to our lab assistant with a little 'thank-you' note :)
Keep smiling. Keep making others smile.
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