Flashback! Last year I had a friend that insisted on watching this ridiculous Alfred Hitchcock movie called The Birds. It was terrible. The movie did not have one note of music in it and it was about these black crows pecking people to death. It was so dumb.
Anyway, I've been noticing a peculiar pattern in my life. Everyday when I leave for school, there are two black crows hovering over my porch. When I get on campus two black crows follow me as I walk through the parking lot. Then they follow me to my car when I'm done with classes. When I get home, there are still two crows hanging around my apartment door. Can we say creepy? I never thought that I would ever get creeped out from that stupid Hitchcock movie...but...I am. I tell you...it's weird. I really don't want to get pecked to death. :(

Well! On to my real topic of discussion. I've been thinking a lot about treating others with kindness and at the very least civility. Let's face it, no one feels good when they are treated poorly or even when they treat others poorly. I know that I feel pretty crummy when I'm not nice to someone. But where does kindness come from? There always is that someone that just gets on your nerves and you wish with all your heart that you won't run into them today. (I have math everyday with one)

All my life I've always heard about the golden rule: do unto other as you would have done unto you, along with: Love people as Christ loves them. So, while I'm not the best example of these wonderful pieces of advice, I've decided to try and see people for their potential and not for who they are right now. This experiment has only been going on for a few days, but I've already noticed a change in my attitude towards other people. I've noticed that it's easier to be nice to them because I can see (at least in that small moment) who they could be...their best selves...maybe even who they should be.

Anyway, I hope that I myself can be my best self...who I should be...who I want to be...and hope others can see that as well. :) Anyway love you guys!

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe