write down things people tell me that make me smile

today in chemistry i came in just before the bell rang and chose the last seat available next to a kid named drew who i don’t usually speak to. before class started i was getting my notebook out and he asked me “do you remember math class last year?” I told him yes, i remembered. and he said, “me and ben were talking over the weekend and i asked if you were in his math class. he said no. anyway that class was pretty fun. mainly because of you”

i smiled because it was nice to hear that people i hardly ever talk to think of me when i’m not around. and think i’m fun.

a good friend of mine is just the sweetest guy.
at a party he always talks to the lonely kid in the corner.
he knows when to joke around
but he also knows when you need a hug.

i’ve been feeling pretty down lately
and today i saw that i’d missed three calls from him.
i called him back and asked what he’d been so urgently trying to get a hold of me for. he said:

“well, i’ve noticed that you seem kind of tired or something lately and i wanted to make sure you’re okay”.

i told him i was feeling fine, but he was right, i was feeling a bit overworked. it made me smile to see that he’d taken the time to see if i was all right.

once, a long time ago, a friend of mine that i haven’t spoken to in years told me “the most beautiful people in the world are the ones that don’t know it”. it would have been a cheesy quote if she hadn’t said it at the perfect moment. i had not said anything at all to prompt her to say it, and yet she did. i don’t know where she is today, but since that day i’ve been documenting things people say to me that make me smile.