I was walking into a gas station today to go prepay for gas and get some power steering fluid, only to get stopped by a stranger in her car who rolled down her windows to tell me that I was pretty.

Living in a city with a lot of poverty, I’ve noticed many people are scared/uncomfortable with their surroundings & immediately cast off unfamiliar people who may not have much.  But today, I looked into a woman’s eye who wanted/asked for nothing.  She wasn’t necessarily poor, but she wasn’t rich.  She was a normal woman, a sweet sweet stranger, who little did she know, made someone’s day.  & that someone was me. 

I don’t go around asking for compliments or praise, but having it come from someone genuine, someone who may not have much to offer but a smile and sweet hello, is so much more worthwhile to hear.  Today, she is the person I will look up to.  I want to offer more than materialistic items; I want to brighten someone’s day and let them know how beautiful they are, like this sweet woman did to me.