0Day 28 - offer to buy food for the person behind me at the game: I went to buy popcorn for myself with a rejection therapy project in mind, so I listened attentively to the little girl behind me when she was telling her mom what she wanted. When it was my turn, I asked for my popcorn, plus a cookie, a breakfast bar, and a bag of chips. When the cashier offered me the selection of breakfast bars, I gestured behind me and said "It is up to her." After the initial confusion, her mom thanked me and I felt better for having done a small act of kindness in a world that sometimes feels bigger to us than it needs to. Lesson #28: Although it never ceases to amaze me how surprised people are when you do something nice for them, these experiences are a constant reminder that we all generally want to same thing out of life - to be loved, to be respected, and to be honored. Day 29 - ask people the best words of advice they have received: We were meeting for my writing group at The Donut Whole, so I went a little early to do my rejection therapy project before the group started. Little did I know that I would be invited to sit down at all four tables, talk to the individuals there for over an hour, and end up at the last table for over half an hour talking about the books on our reading lists and differences and similarities in world religions. Lesson #29: The best words of advice that others have received are as follows: don't take things so seriously and remember to forgive, do good to others even if others aren't good to you, serve the Lord while keeping in mind everything that it entails to be a Christian and always remember that Jesus is the way, don't look back because the future is ahead. Day 30 - ask people their favorite Dr. Seuss quote: This one was inspired by Dr.Seuss' birthday this week, on which he would have been over 100 years old if he were alive. The first four individuals I asked pulled out their phones straight away to look up their exact favorite quote from Dr. Seuss, and it went a little like this... Lesson # 30: Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go. To honor the anniversary of the man who wrote the books that captivated children from one to one hundred and two, take a look at these 21 Incredible Quotes to Boost Your Optimism as featured in Goalcast!
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