That Time I Left Uplifting Notes For Strangers Around The City
Making the day of people I’ll probably never meet
One morning, about 3 months ago, I woke up wanting to make somebody’s day.
Okay, maybe not just one person, but as many people as I could possibly reach.
As great as the internet is in connecting people together, I wanted to help people in real life too. By help, I don’t mean giving money to those in need (which I try to do as often as I can), but touch them on a spiritual level, even momentarily.
I was living on my own in my college dorm when the idea struck me. Why don’t I leave notes around the city for strangers? I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? I probably won’t meet those people, and neither will they know me.
And so, I went ahead with my plan. I picked up the little post-it notes standing on my study desk and started to write little phrases on them. I didn’t know what to write at first, because there’s a million things you could possibly say to a stranger.
I knew that what I wanted to write had to be encouraging. I wanted the potential person who would come across my note to feel as though it was a sign of something much bigger, especially if they were on the look for it.
