#2 - Saving Sandles

So I have decided to take a small break from my night of endless work to give a recount of what my good deed for today was.

Again today I ended up helping out a fraternity brother again. Not that doing that is a bad thing, but I would rather be helping strangers. Anyways....

A bunch of us decided to go get lunch today (funny how these things have a habit of happening around eating times). While walking from our fraternity house to the dining hall one of my brothers tried to kick his sandle off and hit one of the other group members in the back of the head with it. Well, usually he succeeds in this act, but today the wind must have been blowing harder or something, it is Bowling Green you know.
Well instead of hitting him in the back of the head, the sandle went off and landed on a near by balcony. This gave us all the "Oh Shit" moment while we try to figure out what to do.

Everyone first reaction was to find a ladder to get up to it, but we soon found out that doing that was out of the option. So I suggested that we move a table that was near by so two people could stand on it and lift up a third to try to reach. Being the group of young men that they are, they did not want to listen to me. Instead they decided to forgot the table and just lift up the third member. This LOOKED like it would work, but as the brazen lad attempted to lift himself up, he slipped and scratched up his legs.

Now with one of our guys hurt, they all listen to logic. So we all move the table from where it was under the balcony to just outside of it and try again, this time a slightly more careful person attempting to clime up. Just as he was about to try and flip over the edge, he chose not to and asked for a stick or something. So another one of us ran back to our house and got a lacrosse stick to use. We use my method again with the aid of the stick, and we succeed with only a few minor injuries.

So after that slight adventure, and returning the table to its original spot, we continued to out meal. After arriving and picking from the wonderful selection that is there to chose from, we get inline to check out. Today, one of my brothers has run out of campus meal plan. Seeing this, I pay for his lunch, again making my contribution to the world a monetary one.

While eating we talk a little about this goal I have of helping people, and I tell them all that they should start paying it forward so others can benefit too. Whether or not they listen to me, but history says they will not (bear in mind I was their president for a while). Either way I have completed my goal (sort of) for today (technically yesterday if you want specifics) and will continue onward.

I truly hope that with the end of the semester being a mere week away, that upon my return home I will be able to help out strangers rather than people I already know. Not that I am against helping those I know, its just they already know that I am a good person at heart.

Till next time...

**Note - There has been talk of a funny picture made out of the events from this day. If it ever comes to fruition, I will add it to this post.**

#1 Cookies?

So today was the first day that I tried to actually go out and do something nice for someone. Now, being the person that I am, I usually do nice things for people all the time without thinking, but as many of you have read, I am sick of seeing people just think about themselves, so I am doing something about that.

So today while I was attempting to do good for someone I kept on being turned down. It seemed like people are naturally adverse to someone doing something nice for them without wanting anything in return these days.... anyhow, I was getting worried that I wouldn't be able to do my deed for the day.

Later on today, I decided to get some dinner with a few of my fraternity brothers. One of them live off campus and has no on campus meal plan, so one of my brothers bought his dinner for him (see other people do nice things too!). Anyways as we were eating we started to talk about cookies because a few of us had gotten them with our meals. After a little talk of that the other member of our party wanted to get one so he asked if one of us would split ours with him. I had already eaten most of mine at this point, so he didn't want any of mine, but neither of the others offered. As we were getting ready go leave, I decided to go but him a cookie also.

Yes, I know, buying someone a cookie isn't really that big of a thing, but you never know what else will happen later in life. I told him to pay it forward rather than getting me back sometime, so hopefully this will have some trickle down effect eventually.

If I were to gauge the level of kindness that this event was on a scale of 1 to 10, I think it would be around a 3 or a 4, but I have room for improvement. I did something good today, that's all that matters. Next time, I hope I can help a stranger.

The start

So today I thought of the idea to do 365 random acts of kindness for strangers. My goal is to do one a day, but we will see what happens.

I feel that people today do not stop and think about how their actions affect others. How a simple hello or helping someone carry a large load can change the way their day is going.

I want to affect people's lives in a positive way. I have always wanted to help people and I always put others before myself. This will be a test to see if I can actually do this. I am looking forward to seeing what I am capable of doing and what others may do in response. This will be an interesting year. I truly hope that within the next 24 hours I am able to add my first entry to this blog.