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Need more teens like this in the world. Perhaps nowadays more than ever.
Meh, she's doing it to cope with her own mourning process.
Either or, the fact that it caught on and cascaded out is what matters more.
Meh, I'm waiting for the day acts like these become a natural fixture in everyone's lives, not because they are the current fad and engender temporary emotional gratification.
A first step of kindness - or any step - is a step in the right direction. Plenty of teens do stupid things for a lot less "bad" things in their life. Even if its temporary, or a fad if you like, it is not the norm - no matter which way its dissected. I'll take a fad that has a chance to be pass on and be remembered over the typical everyday BS that is well entrenched.
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Meh yer face
MEHHHHHH. It's not the norm because it is artificial. There is no chance of this catching on and spreading like wildfire. We are all selfish-based creatures, and once these "acts of kindness" lose their spontaneous zest and peer appeal, everything will go back to normal.
I didn't say it was the norm, I implied it should be the norm and is
better than the norm. Her reaction can't be coined as artificial - generated by grief or not doesn't take away from the gesture. They're still her feelings, her desires, her reaction. If one is inspired that doesn't make it fake - it means you have grown on some level.
One act of kind spontaneity is better than a myriad of coldness - wildfire or no wildfire. If (and more like when) it goes back to normal (if we're calling it that), that act will forever be placed in her mind and the minds of the people she has touched upon. It echos - even if its as something as minor as looking back, several years ago, to when a girl decided to pay for my meal and it was
just nice. Regardless if its totally life altering or not.
I'm off to bed - I left you a swipe on another post. FIND IT.