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If you've read my profile, you know that my favorite quote is 'People are like hamsters with their heads up their butts, always full of themselves.' I think one of my cousins said it. I always thought it was a bit funny, because to be honest, I've known more than my fair share of selfish people, but I'm starting to rethink that. Thanks to my new friend Jason, and because of an incident I happened to witness last week. I was roaming the hallways of my latest school. The school year around here was winding up, and it was only my last few days, so I decided to go to the office and call my cousin to come and get me before my last period. I get up to the office, and I see these two girls sitting on one of the waiting coaches. One of them looks like she's about to puke, while the other is looking concerned. I walked over, and being me, askedif she was okay. The worried girl said that the girl fainted in the parking lot only a few cars down from her and she had brought her in. To make a long story short. The girl who had fainted had been sick, but had come to school anyway so that she could take her final test, it had gotten so bad that she decided to go home. She was alright after a little while, but what got me was that the girl who had brought her in, didn't know her. she had just wanted to help. I know I shouldn't be amazed by that, but sometimes you just have to wonder about the worlds priorites. I know there have been times where I've spaced out and missed the signs right before someone started to fight, and there have been times when I've stopped to help and noticed how a lot of people just walked by, or made some stupid comment that wasn't necessary or kind. It really gives me a little bit of hope for everything that goes on when I've seen kindness for strangers. After all my mom gave me another one of my fav. quotes. She loves to say, 'Most strangers are just friends you haven't met yet, you just have to figure out how to spot the signs of a friends.' Unfortunatley, I'm not the best at reading the signs. I tend to end up being kind to everyone and finding out later that I've made a bad decision. I never regret the people I meet or stay angry at them if they really hurt me, but it really is nice to know after going through a long day, week, or even month, that good people will always be out there. 4laugh