Here's what I mean: today, just out of the blue, a friend I hadn't talked to in a while shot me a text, just letting me know they were thinking about me and wishing me good luck on any remaining midterms before Thanksgiving. He didn't have to do that, but the simple fact that he did made me about 1000% happier. (Shout out to you, Ben Morgan.) It just showed me that someone was thinking about me, even just for minute. Also, earlier this week I got a letter from a friend in Germany. An actual hand-written letter. Who does that anymore?? But it made me feel pretty darn special and made the rest of the day seem so much better.
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I'm not going to lie. I LOVE when friends or family go out of their way to do some big thing for me. But it's those little things that prove, I guess, that people care. Because those little things don't take a lot of effort, they're not expected. People do little things for others purely because they care about them. And that is why the little things mean so much to me.
Maybe I'm just reading too much into these little things people do for me, but they make me happy :) When I take time to notice and appreciate said things I'm so much happier throughout the day. And who wouldn't want to be happier?
So friends, keep a lookout for people who do little things for you. And then hold on to them: don't let them fade out of your life. We all need people like that in our lives. And I think we should all work on being that kind of person for people we care about. It makes them feel better, and you'll feel better too :)
I love your thought process on this! It really is the little things that can make the biggest difference. You never know when someone is having a bad day and you could make it better by just saying hi and smiling. Your font really helps to illustrate the point that the little subtle things can make all the difference. It takes your blog from being plain to being fun and upbeat, showing the kind of happy person that you are.
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