To the sweet freshman girl who stopped to talk to me in line at the sandwich place:
Thank you. Thank you for just being nice. Thank you for not being afraid to talk to a stranger and tell her “You’re really pretty”. Most of us will never get as much kindness as we really need, and having someone do a random and simple thing like call us pretty can make us feel better for at least a while.
No, I’m not saying that telling me I look physically attractive will solve all my worries. But , even if it was only for a moment, it made me feel something other than stress about school and life in general and made me want to make someone else feel that way. And I think that’s really awesome.