It was awesome

Last week we took our 5th and 6th graders to a much needed kindness retreat sponsored by Youth Frontiers.  This is the 4th year we have done it and it was, once again, awesome!!! It's about this time of year that kids become more unkinder to each other.  Well, I am pleased to announce that the outcome has been awesome!!  It never ceases to amaze me that the students that you think will never stand up and say, "I'm committed to this" are the ones who do.  We had kids crying and apologizing and one parent even told me that their daughter was receiving texts during the weekend that said "I'm sorry I have been so mean to you."  But, that isn't even the best part!  We have one student who is developmentally delayed and unfortunately there are a lot of students who aren't nice to him.  Well, today, I saw him put his arm around another young man (you know, one of those that I thought would never change) and pat him on the shoulder and this guy let him.  Not only did he let him, but he was even nice about it.  How awesome was that?!  There really is a lot of good in the world.  Isn't it nice when people touch our lives through their random acts of kindness?  It really was awesome!

Day Three...Random Acts of Kindness

Today was a good day and it was Monday - that's kind of like an oxymoron. Anyway....

I teach counseling classes with K-6. Today I talked about bullying and a boy raised his hand and stated, "I have something to say and ask the class." I asked him to tell me first and I was in awe. Here was a 9 year old boy who stood up in the front of his class and told them that he wanted them to quit picking on another student. Wow! Then he went onto ask the class why they did it and then added, "She has never done anything to us." Wow! Many of the other students chimed in and class ended with a challenge of being kind to her and each other.

So, today I am thankful for the good that is in the world. I am thankful for a nine-year-old boy who didn't worry about what the others in class would say but was more concerned about how another student was treated.

There really is good in the world...........