I'm doing 29 things
...but it was by far the best one, i think. I was eating lunch in the mall food-court with my friend when an old lady walked up to us, selling pens. She held one up and there was a tag on it that said “I AM DEAF…and trying to earn a decent living. $3. AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. (insert I Love You sign language symbol picture)” Obviously, I bought one. Like I said, it wasn’t a big deal. 3 bucks. But it made me feel so much better than any other nice thing I’ve ever done. Maybe because it was a disabled person, maybe because the tag with the “and may God bless you” thing really struck me as making her seem really appreciative, or maybe the huge smile she had on her face when i took out my wallet and handed her the 3 bucks. I was amazed at how happy she was because of only 3 dollars. I guess every little thing makes a difference when you can’t have a good paying job. It also struck me as odd that I had only 3 dollars left in my wallet at the time she came up to us….
melissakate's Life List
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1. lose weight
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2. be happy
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3. go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination
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4. Beat my depression
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5. read Dante's divine comedy
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6. help people
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7. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
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8. Do something out of character
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9. write a book
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10. have a healthy relationship
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11. Stop overanalyzing
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12. Walk the crosswalk at Abbey Road
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13. Stop feeling guilty about things that aren't my fault
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14. meet alex kapranos
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15. learn to love again
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16. Visit Scotland
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17. see the northern lights
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18. learn italian
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19. Have perfect skin
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20. Live Without Fear
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21. smile more
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22. go to bed and go to sleep, instead of lying in bed for hours staring at the ceiling because my brain won’t stop
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23. stop biting my nails for good
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24. Be a morning person
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25. live passionately
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26. figure out where all the people like me are hiding
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27. meet Stephen King
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28. be less lazy
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29. make someone happy
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Recent entries
minor help-age today...
2 years ago
what a lovely idea...
2 years ago
...but what would i write in the letter?! i considered the option of writing about the book itself, but i find that too, well, boring. i want to do something more interesting; something that one wouldn’t expect to find. a letter about the book itself is too obvious. hmmm…..
i think you'll be happy to hear...
2 years ago
that i took your advice and talked to the guy! i explained the whole thing, and how i wanted to love him, but i was afraid. he was SO UNDERSTANDING. he said that he loved me enough to help me open myself up to someone again, and that he would wait as long as that took and would never pressure me into anything i couldn’t handle yet.
I CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.
