Chill Out...

Today (Monday, April 25th) was our last day of "crazy love" for the semester. We took the suggestion of another student in our class, Rebecca Joyner; she gave us the idea passing out snacks with some encouragement before finals. We took the idea and modified it a little bit to fit the wallet of a college student. And with the excellent help of Meagan's twin sister, Morgan, this event could be documented! With the perfect, warm weather, we decided to use Popsicles instead of snacks with a little note say, "Good luck with your exams! You're going to do awesome! No stress!"


Doug's Perspective 
This random act of kindness was a very rewarding and fun one. It was somewhat similar to one that we have done before, Sweet Inspiration. The main differences, though, were what made it more fun. When we passed out the suckers before it was somewhat cold, and cloudy out; today was sunny and warm outside. People really looked happy when we gave them a nice refreshing Popsicle, and even happier when they read the note.  We even had the opportunity to give Popsicles to some children of a family that may have been visiting the University. Perhaps, we made their impression of East Carolina a good one. Overall, this has been a real rewarding and life changing experience for me. I am glad that Meagan and I embarked on this adventure; and I hope that we have inspired you all to do your own random acts of kindness and continue to spread crazy love around the world.


Meagan's Perspective
We had so much fun and success with our last act of crazy love! The "Sweet Inspiration" was fun; but going back out there made a big impact, because people recognized as the ones who spread love to others just because we can. This also drew a crowd, because it was a hot day that was was also incredibly stressful for students and the Popsicle was refreshing and took the students' minds off of classes, even  if it was only for a moment. I loved participating in this project so much! It was awesome to put others first and to see the joy that it brought others to know they were being thought of first. I hope that all of you now have some ideas of what kind of crazy love you can spread to those around you! By the way, check out some pictures below!

Doug passing out notes and popsicles! 

(From left to right) Students, Suzi, Maddie, and Krystal, were
able to take a break on this hot day!

This is my friend, Ethan, who I helped in the last blog post!
He stopped by for a free Popsicle!

Friends Don't let Friends Stress Over Tests

Today, Monday April 18th, is another random act of kindness day for Doug and myself. However, due to work obligations, Doug would be unable to participate for this act of kindness. So I decided that if it was just my doing  this act of crazy love, I would do something that was more one-person oriented rather than a whole big group.


My act of kindness was to help my friend Ethan, who I share two classes with, de-stress over our upcoming difficult Organizational Communication exam by buying him a snack and drink after class today. I think this was a really interesting idea, because helping out a big group of people is always fun; but helping one person, in my opinion, can make just as much an impact as helping a big group.


And for the past acts of kindness, we have generally helped people we did not know and might not ever meet. It was a nice change of pace to help someone more personal to me. It was nice to have to realize that it doesn't matter how well or little we know someone, when we do something for someone, expecting anything back in return isn't necessary. It's a humbling, but important experience.


This is something I really encourage everyone to try. For example, Ethan got a snack and less stressed and I got the experience of humility knowing that I was asking for anything in return, despite our being good friends. It's not easy lesson to say that we don't want anything in return, but it's important to learn nonetheless.


Check back next week where we will be completing our final act of crazy love! It's going to be awesome!


(This is a picture of the boy Ethan, who I helped out today!) -->

We want to hear from YOU!

First, we just want to say that we appreciate you all who read this blog on the regular! It means a lot that we have so much support for a crazy love! However, we want to do more for you rather than just say, “Hey, look what we did!” We want to be able to say that YOU as a reader helped us! Post a suggestion of what random act of kindness you’d like to see us participate in within Greenville, NC; and when we do the act of kindness that you suggest, we will be letting the world that it was by YOUR suggestion that we are doing that particular act of crazy love!

Please tell us what you have to say! We want to know! And check back next week to see what random act of kindness we do simply because you gave us the inspiration!

A Rose a Day Keeps the Blues Away

Today, April 4th, our act of kindness was to give Mrs. Bernice, the greeter and cashier at West End Dining Hall, a bouquet of roses to show our appreciation for her hard work and good nature as she deals with college students everyday. Here's our perspective on this act of crazy love:


Doug's Perspective
I really enjoyed this random act of kindness. Mrs. Bernice seemed so thrilled when she rounded the corner and there we stood with a dozen roses to give her. She was very thankful and full of compliments and gratitude. So far, for me, this has definitely been the most rewarding act of kindness we have done. Also it was a very simple process that we took to go pick up flowers and deliver them. 


Meagan's Perspective
I really enjoyed this a lot! This is easily something a college student could do any day of the week. It was so rewarding for me, because Mrs. Bernice's reaction was full of thankfulness and appreciation; and it only cost about $10 for Doug and I together to do this for her so it makes it a perfect act of kindness for anyone trying to save to money. With all the many college students, Mrs. Bernice rarely gets thanked for her good attitude and patience. It felt great to be the people to make her day by simply saying "Thank you" and giving her something in return!


Be sure to check back by next Monday for another act of kindness!