I wanted to take a second here. I just sent off some teacher gifts for a teacher that I was matched with in the Reddit teacher exchange. I am paying it forward and plan on doing so many many more times if I can.
You see a few years ago I was out of work for almost two years. During that time I became depressed. A deep ugly no getting out of it depressed. Hell I couldn't even remember when I showered depressed. I was pretty well lost.
One day a package came in the mail. It was filled with books. Great wonderful special books. I sat on the floor and pretty much bawled my eyes out at how thoughtful and unexpected this gift was. This bright shining thing that someone on here did for me touched my heart in a way I cannot even explain. Nobody but us horror readers could understand the joy that was this box of books. Like I said it made me cry. But good healing tears.
Those books are on a special shelf in my bookshelf. When ever I get a twinge of sadness or self pity or anything like depression I take a walk to the bookshelf and run my fingers over the book spines. I remind myself that someone out there cared enough about me to take time out of their life and send me something that I now hold dear. That is something no one can ever take away from me.
I swore I would pay it forward. And I will. As many times as I can. If there is one person out there that gets touched even a quarter of how I felt they are truly blessed.
So again Thank you mystery person. Thanks for the bright light you gave me in a totally black world. Your good deed will hopefully make others happy and hopefully inspire them to pay it forward.
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