This.
haleyvanliew.tumblr.com
Wish I knew where it was on the Tumblr, but I'll be honest...
You'll have more fun scrolling through those photos anyway.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Good Life
So I've been thinking about how good this life really is...
I mean, not all the time. Sometimes, you get a staph infection and a cold, and you nearly fail two tests, all in one week, even though you swear you studied what should have been adequately...
But you just can't get angry at the world, because the people in it are so. good. to you.
See, I got my mission call to the Mormon church this week (mormon.org). It's kind of a big deal, but what was the most big deal for me, was the support I got from people I hardly expected it from.
Like uncles and aunts who show up with sympathy bandaids on their head, so that you're not the only dweeby one in all the pictures.
Or people who stop doing their homework just for you, so they can Skype all the way from Utah to watch you talk.
And I just can't believe that people are so good.
One of my friends posted this on Pinterest the other day:
I mean, not all the time. Sometimes, you get a staph infection and a cold, and you nearly fail two tests, all in one week, even though you swear you studied what should have been adequately...
But you just can't get angry at the world, because the people in it are so. good. to you.
See, I got my mission call to the Mormon church this week (mormon.org). It's kind of a big deal, but what was the most big deal for me, was the support I got from people I hardly expected it from.
Like uncles and aunts who show up with sympathy bandaids on their head, so that you're not the only dweeby one in all the pictures.
Or people who stop doing their homework just for you, so they can Skype all the way from Utah to watch you talk.
And I just can't believe that people are so good.
One of my friends posted this on Pinterest the other day:
I wish I knew where it came from or who made it in the first place, but the quote is just so starkly accurate. There are so many people in the world. All of them have their own story. All of them have a background that nobody can understand...
But if we just give them a chance...
College has been enlightening for that. Who knew I could make so many new friends, in such a tiny little place!! I just love... people.
Some are American. Some speak Cebuano. Some live in Finland. But for crying out loud, we're all people!!
It takes a little effort, but when you see it, it's honestly amazing. People are so good, especially when you just take a little chance and try to be good to them.
Unity comes when we all just try a little bit to help each other.
They'll probably try to convince you otherwise. Convince them wrong.
Anyways, that was my shout out to the world today. Not that I want this by any means read by anybody...
It's just good to know there are so many good people in the world.
Thanks, longwinded, to them (:
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