A pressing one that has eaten at me for a couple weeks is meeting this random girl at Starbucks. We shared a table and studied our materials independently. The only thing we shared were "Bless Yous" and the consequent "Thank Yous". At first, I thought she was annoying for talking on the phone while sharing a table with me while I was trying to study. But it was not that long and it was fine environment after. So why did I slightly judge her - on her conversations and her mannerisms at the table? The remorse for these feelings did not really come until I started packing up my things and leaving, when I heard a little voice at the corner of the table saying, "Have a good day!" attached to a smile of course.
Wow. How judgments of a person can phase so quickly by just small gesture such as that. I walked away too quickly to realize it was her saying it, but at 10am when you're miserable from studying organic chemistry, that was the best thing anyone could have left me with (unless it's an admission into med school. haha).
Lessons learned:
- Do not be so quick to judge.
- Small kind gestures go a long way. Do them more :) You never know (and may never know) how big of a difference they can make.
