Today is Thursday, March 24th, 2005; Karen's Korner #509

This is a short "Chicken Soup for the Soul", written by someone who herself is a middle school student, I believe:
 
A Simple Hello
By Katie E. Houston

I have always felt sympathy and compassion for the kids I see at school walking all alone, for the ones that sit in the back of the room while everyone snickers and makes fun of them.  But I never did anything about it.  I guess I figured that someone else would.  I did not take the time to really think about the depth of their pain. 

Then one day I thought, what if I did take a moment out of my busy schedule to simply say hello to someone without a friend or stop and chat with someone eating by herself?  And I did.  It felt good to brighten up someone else's life. 

How did I know I did?  Because I remembered the day a simple kind hello changed my life forever.

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And a bit of Easter humor:

 IT WAS PALM SUNDAY AND, BECAUSE OF A SORE THROAT, FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY STAYED HOME FROM CHURCH WITH A SITTER.  WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNED HOME, THEY WERE CARRYING SEVERAL PALM BRANCHES.  THE BOY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE FOR.  "PEOPLE HELD THEM OVER JESUS' HEAD AS HE WALKED BY." 

 "WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT," THE BOY FUMED, "THE ONE SUNDAY I DON'T GO, HE SHOWS UP!"


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