A Not-So-Random Act of Kindness

As I sit and read the sea of facebook statuses, I can't help but wondering what I have become. I also begin to wonder what our world has become. I read status after depressing status. I find myself getting most frustrated at the way people in the world think, and their take on life. I am beginning to feel I have better things to do with my time, than to get heated over statuses and comments that are created for the simple purpose of getting a rise out of others. I read things about people having the worst day, week, month, etc of their entire lives, and wonder if they have stepped outside of their house to take a look around at the people surrounding them. Their are so many people hurting. There are so many people battling diseases. There are so many people who have had worse things happen to them in one day than dropping their phone in the toilet, getting a ticket, or simply having things not go their way. I find myself even questioning the things I get frustrated about.

I wonder about the cause of all of this, and I am left sitting here with one thought: selfishness.

There are few people in this world anymore than are truly selfless. Most people today are only concerned with themselves. They only care about making themselves happy. They only want to do what benefits them. They could care less about the people around them. They could care less about the cashier at Dollar General and if she is having a good day or not. I wonder if things would start to change if everyone were to strive to care more about others than themselves. Even if it only started with one person being selfless. Would this act of kindness carry from one person to the next? I find that it is not easy for someone to be rude to you if you are genuinely kind to them. Sometimes they are still able to be rude, but most of the time, your kindness calms their manner. Maybe that simple act of kindness will brighten their whole day, and in turn, they will end up being kind to other people they see after you... and so on.

This is the question I am asking myself as of late: What kind of difference could I make in people's lives by simply being kind, and thinking of them first, rather than myself?

Cellphone Fever

Today I went to the Cellphone store to look at my options for my coming upgrade. I have always gotten overwhelmed while browsing the cellphones on display, but it seemed to be worse this time. I noticed that there once was a time when they had a cellphone designed to fit just about any personality. But now it seems they all have one purpose in mind... to be the best selling. I also noticed that while they all seem to be competing with each other, they have also taken on a new appearance. The new fangled "outfits" these phones are wearing no longer appeal to individuals. They instead look like a row of drones. All created for one purpose, all doing the same thing, all looking exactly the same. So how is someone like me, who seeks creativity supposed to pick a new phone when they all appear to be the exact same? I have not quite figured out the answer to this question. However, there is a part of me that wishes I could just go back to the day when things were more simple. All you needed was a call button and an end button. I have a feeling this is not going to happen. Although, I wouldn't mind trying to simplify things.

Shopping for Weight Gain

I did not realize how quickly clothes can become too small when you are growing a human being inside of you. It is a very depressing thought to need to go shopping for LARGER clothes because the ones you have are much too small. Normally, clothes shopping sounds like a great time of fun, but not today. Not when I have to move to a different section of the store, one in which I have not yet navigated...
Nevertheless, I am about to head out on a small scale shopping spree (VERY small scale) to purchase clothing that will help me not feel so much like the beached whale that I feel like.