Today, I saw a link posted by a Facebook friend and the title brought tears to my eyes because I knew exactly what it was about. Elizabeth Frank on My Centre Life had found the note that I had placed in a random book in Centre's library on April 25, 2010 after sending in my final draft of my sociology seminar paper. I had looked back on the process of writing the damn thing, from the beginning of June 2009 until that day. I had gotten so stressed at so many times that year. Sometimes I took it out on my friends, sometimes I kept it inside, and sometimes I would drag myself into Parsons to have a heart-to-heart with the counselor. I had forgotten to step back from my work every now and again to just breathe or do something else. I mean, I'd procrastinated at times and watched funny videos, but when I went to my work, it was non-stop and it would make me miserable. Hindsight's 20/20, right? Well, I wanted to make it so one person someday wouldn't have to wait for hindsight and that day was September 28 of this year. Here is the post about Elizabeth finding the note. I'm glad to know that she intends to pay it forward.
This blogpost is quite different from anything that I have posted before and probably ever will post, but I felt like it had to be written. To anyone who comes across this, whether you are at Centre yourself or halfway around the world, do something nice for someone and be beautiful.
<3 M
