A Random Act of Kindness

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I went to Christian school for 9 years, but was never really all that much of a hard-core believer. Sometimes I'd join a youth group because I was interested in meeting new guys (love interests, of course), but eventually I just fell out of it and took on a more scientific atheist point of view.

For the last few months I've been going to my Critical Thinking class, and one of the girls I've met came up to my today and just started talking to me when class ended. It wasn't awkward or weird as it may sound, it was very natural, and she was very kind. I started heading across campus towards my bus, and I could tell that her car was in the other direction, yet she continued walking with me, way out of her way, just talking.

Finally she asks me where I'm going. I mention the bus. She offers me a ride, I politely turn it down on grounds that I live far away, but she insisted. We walked to her car.

Through our entire encounter, I was awed by her. She told me a few minutes in that she's Christian, and that God was pushing her towards me today for some reason. Well, again, I'm not Christian or anything but I appreciated her kindness. Especially since, on this day, I really did kind of need companionship.... or a hug.

We had mindless chit chat, telling each other a little bit about ourselves, and then on my way to my house we passed an Inn 'n Out, and she had apparently been craving it, so we headed in. If you don't know, Inn 'n Out is a Christian based family type restaurant in a way; on the bottom of all their containers they have a bible verse.

Anyways.

She started talking about love. I've always had an issue with love. I was just broken up with, I've had issues with love from both friends and family, and just especially this last week all I've wanted is a loving person to just help me out and hold me. She introduced me to the 5 Love Languages, which I will discuss in my next post.

She wasn't the usual preachy type I'm used to. Its more like... she was actually working to better me, she wanted to see me happy, and she had made it her life's goal to use her magic and help improve people's lives. And she's remarkable at it. Religion, for her, gives her purpose, and gives her reasons for hardships in life.

It was funny because she made me cry, not like crazy, but like a single tear coming out of the side of my eye. And one of the girls who worked there almost instantly came up with some napkins and a smile. I have never in my life seen something work out so beautifully. She has life mastered.