Sweet Inspiration

On Monday, March 28th, at 9:30am, Doug and I stood outside of the East Carolina University Wright Plaza and passed out close to 350 suckers with encouraging and inspiring notes attached to them. Here is a perspective from each of us on this act of crazy love: 


Doug's Perspective
From my perspective, I found this one to be a little daunting at first. It felt a little odd walking up to people at first, because when I see people handing things out outside of Wright Plaza I usually assume that they are promoting some event or trying to get you to join their club; and I would usually avoid them at all cost. I was noticing that I would get that reaction from some people, where they would kind of try to avoid eye contact and speed up to get past me faster. About three people actually said they did not want any. However, those that did accept the suckers and notes did with gratitude. I would say that 98% of the people said thanks and smiled, which made this actually turn into an easier project than I had initially assumed. I noticed after I handed most of the suckers and notes out that the recipients read the notes as they were walking away, and although I could not see their reactions, I like to think that the inspirational notes did make their day somewhat better. 


Meagan's Perspective
I loved this act of kindness! People are so used to seeing strictly promotional things being passed out at Wright Plaza that when someone passes out something to simply encourage, they are taken back by surprise (in a good way, of course!).This was also the perfect day for a project like this, because on such a dreary day, it's nice to have a little encouragement to start off the morning. I also appreciated that people took the time to read the notes; I know that everyone didn't, but a good majority of people did. So many people expressed gratitude for the candy and notes. I loved hearing people discuss the notes; I had one girl ask if they were all different and when I said yes, she was so happy to know that she received encouragement that was just for her. I really enjoyed this act of kindness and this is something I would totally do again! 


Come back next week to read another crazy act of love!