It's the small things in life...

You wake up late and have to put your hair in a bun and eat on the road, your day is shaping up to be a terrible day.

Scenario 1: But when you get to your local coffee shop to get your extra foam lattee an old man who doesn't have to rush to get anywhere sees you getting out of your car and waits the extra minute for you to get there with the door open. As you frantically rush through the door, he stops and says, "Goodmorning beautiful" the rest of your day is suddenly bliss.

Scenario 2: You fell asleep while pulling an allnighter and have to go to your midterm having only studied half of the material you needed to. Since you skipped breakfast, you decide to get the breakfast of champions, soda and a snickers. You go to press your selection and not only do you get snickers, but the machine drops some cheetto puffs as well, score. You suddenly have the confidence to ace your midterm.

Scenario 3: You wake up and decide that you are going to head to the library and write your paper. Unfortuantely it is beautiful outside and all you really want to do is play frisbee on the quad with your friends. You get to the library and cannot find an open outlet, awesome, but suddenly someone realizes that you are looking for an oulet and kindly removes their cord and lets you use their outlet. This paper isn't going to be as bad as you thought.

Why did I mention these 3 scenarios? It's a fairly basic concept. We worry and stress about these big problems, often times that we have no control over, and when the slightest positive thing happens to us we are suddenly at ease. Although we don't have the power to change the big overarching problems in someones life, we can open the door, share a smile, and buy a stranger coffee. These very small gestures can really have an impact on someones day. Not only does this cheer someone up, but it really goes to show the sense of community tht still exists in our technologically and consumer driven lives/