Hey guys! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with laughter, family, love, and of course.. good food! :)
I know we haven't posted in quite a long time but it's because there was nothing that stood out to me in my life that I felt the need to share. My life's kind of boring as a college student :/
But today I felt something that I think I'm being pushed to write about. We were pulling into the parking lot of Hobby Lobby when I saw a man standing on the corner with a sign that read "we all need a little help sometimes." I was instantly saddened by this because it was so incredibly true. Every single person on this earth has been helped by someone else in one way shape or form. Whether it be a car ride somewhere, you donated money to someone or a charity, maybe you just helped someone move a heavy box they couldn't carry. Whatever it was you have helped and have been helped by someone. These people just need a little more help then those other people.
While we were inside Hobby Lobby I just kept thinking about that man and all the things I could do to help him. I didn't have any cash on me but I thought about buying him a coffee to help stay warm or even buying some McDonalds hamburgers so he would have something to eat tonight. When we left I had to drive right by him and you know what.. I couldn't look him in the eyes because I knew I was a bad person for not helping and I couldn't bare to see that. I told Ross that the next homeless/person in need that we saw we were going to help them.
Well guess what.. on our way home I saw a man in ratty clothing sitting on the side of the road underneath a tree. He was putting twigs into a plastic bag (I'm not sure why but I probably don't want to know). There's my chance I thought, here's where I can really stand up and help someone. Nope.. I guess not. Guess what I did? I kept on driving..
I'm sure you will all read this and think wow, she even told herself that the next time she saw someone she would help them and she couldn't even do that?
I feel so terrible and so angry with myself for not helping either of those men today. That's not the way I want to live my life. Even if someone isn't homeless or needing anything I still want to give back to people and help them in anyway that I can.
So that's why I've decided to start doing random acts of kindness. I don't know how long it will last because I'm not putting a time limit on it. Hopefully I will continue to do this for the rest of my life and it will become like a lifestyle. A lifestyle of giving and helping others in need.
I want this to be the place where I hold myself accountable for those acts. I need your help readers. I not only want you to help me stay on track but I encourage you all to join on this journey with me. That coffee you bought before work? Just add another one to the order. Those $1 sandwiches you get at McDonalds? Throw a couple more in and use the change you have laying on the floorboards. Have old blankets/comforters you don't use anymore? Just hand them out to people, it will keep someone warm and they will get use out of it instead of it sitting in your linen closet collecting dust.
I know there are many of you who have helped someone that you saw on the street but there are many of us who are just to afraid to take that step and just do it. We can not be afraid any longer. These people are opening up to us and telling us that they need help. We can't fix the world right away but what better way to start then in your own hometown.
xoxo
-Kristen
