Tag

What is there to do at 1 am when sleep can't be found-- apparently blogging. A friend of mine on facebook the other day tagged me in one of those random list 5 things yada yada........ and I wasn't going to do it but since it's one in the morning and I can't sleep I figured why not.

5 Pet Peeves/Annoyances
1. insomnia
2. at the moment the neighbors downstairs are being rather annoying (loud music and all)
3. guys who won't commit
4. guys who flirt with you but aren't really interested
5. apparently guys frustrate me a lot lately..... hmmm....

5 Things that scare you
1. right now, SUU's campus (3 rapes in the past week-- yeah, so not going out jogging at night anymore)
2. any kind of devil worship "game" or anything absolutely terrifies me
3. power outages kinda do, depends on where I am and who I'm with
4. gas station bathrooms
5. math tests

5 things that make you happy
1. good friends
2. getting good grades
3. learning new things
4. stargazing, or telescopes
5. rainbows, thunderstorms, flowers, cholocolate

5 Random Things about yourself
1. I've been to the hospital twice in the last year for ulcer problems
2. I'm part Irish, and have the temper to prove it
3. In the past 5 years I have lived in 8 different places and 5 different wards (I just picked a ward to stay in after my 4th move) but I absolutely hate packing and moving.
4. I once (and only once) slept through a final.
5. I can't believe I stayed up until after 1 am doing this random tagging thingy.

I think that people often underestimate the power of themselves. we never truly know when a kind word really can uplift someone else. By the same token, we never know when an unkind word or act will really tear someone else apart.
As friends it seems that we underestimate how much we can really help someone to feel better if we would just take the time. I know we all hear stories like "I stopped to help someone pick up their books which had fallen.................. and at graduation they told me that day that they were going home to kill themselves and didn't because now they knew someone cared....." and maybe these stories do seem a little unrealistic, but lets face it, we really do have in our possession the power to help those around us and make their lives better before it reaches that point. So why do so few people take the time to do so? All it takes is a hi I was thinking about you today or a smile to a stranger. Yes this seems cheesy etc, but look at it this way, what harm can it do? It only takes a moment to say hi or send someone a text just to say hi, even less time to smile at someone. Really, it won't kill anyone to take five minutes out of their lives to do a kind act but it may truly make someone who is suffering feel better-- so isn't it worth it; isn't that person worth even five minutes of time??