Hello Everyone! I'm a new blogger on this page. Hopefully you'll get to know me better as I post more. Here's a small something to start with. I've undergone many changes since MITES, and here is one that I noticed recently. I hope you enjoy this personal reflection:
I was in a damn hurry. I had lost my schedule and reprinted it, wasting valuable time I could've spent working out at the gym. As I rushed to the gate by the 700 building*, I was angry at myself and everyone around me because of my tardiness. But as I walked in the 700 building, I saw three girls wave hi to me. I didn't know them, but waved back politely.
As I got closer, one of them gave me this heart warming look, a look you only get from your younger sister, as if pleading me to talk to her. She extended her hand out to me, and asked me, "You're my friend right?"
I replied "Of course I'm your friend!", And shook her hand amiably.
As I walked past she giggled and told her friends she had met her new best friend.
All my anger was flushed somehow. When I reached the gate by the football stadium it had already been closed. I walked away gracefully however, not having the same frustration as before.
The girl I met left an incredible mark on me. In that short interaction she made me teary eyed with the way she gazed at me and asked for my friendship. I might have a 4.0 and this and that, but I learned something very special from that beautiful girl in the special education program. In that brief moment I saw the value in taking your time to be kind to others and not getting angry over the most trivial things.
The shortest "hi" can make a difference in your life. I encourage you to be more friendlier with everyone around you. No groups. We're all one. We all need to get along.
MITES 2012
-Miguel A. Garcia
*700 building is the building used for career counseling, drama class, and special education at Robert A. Millikan High School in Long Beach, California.
