Jan 18

I love surprises. The good kind, at least. My favorite part about surprises is that they don't always come from your family and friends. You can be surprised by your enemies, your science teacher, and that girl in the blue shirt passing you on the sidewalk. To me, there is absolutely no better feeling than the feeling you get from someone surprising you with a random act of kindness. Its a beautiful thing to be reminded that there are people who care about you. Now don't get me wrong, of course I know that my family and friends love me and would do just about anything for me; but it just feels so dang good to actually witness love with your own eyes. I see this same thing with God. Even though I have complete faith in the fact that His love is everywhere everyday, actually witnessing one of his miracles recharges that faith. We all need these little recharges in life every now and again. Something as silly as coming home to an unexpected Twinkie from my fake secret admirer (aka my good friend Clare) can give you that little recharge. After thinking about how much joy these random acts of kindness bring into my life, I found myself wondering if I do enough to remind people that I care about them. Thus my next resolution for the year was born. I challenge not only myself but anyone who reads this to take time to remind someone that they are important, thought about, loved, noticed, etc. at least once a day. I think everyone can agree that dishing out these gifts of little acts of kindness feel just as good as receiving them so don't sit around waiting for one and get up and hand one out yourself. Say "hi!" to a stranger, hug your friend just because you can, put a Twinkie on someones desk. As little as your surprise may be, the result could be enormous.