You Have the Power: a Challenge

I'm in the library pretending to do work. Pretending being the operative word in that sentence as I am clearly actually blogging and not writing a paper on human rights violations. Ahh well.

So, since I've found my merry way to Blogger, I just wanted to share a not-so-deep thought: acknowledgement and praise can sometimes make all the difference. It's nice to be told you did good when you did in fact do good in whatever sense. When you work hard at something, it's nice to know that someone noticed. And, sure, it may be stupid to get super happy by a little comment or e-mail or IM, but it does matter.

I don't mind giving my heart and soul to a certain extra curricular I am a part of. I don't mind the late, late nights and the sleep deprivation. I actually love it (in some strange way). But you know what? It makes all the difference that I got an e-mail today saying thank you and saying that my work mattered. It made me feel a whole lot better about the fact that when I went to sleep at 1 a.m. last night I realized that I had only slept two of the previous 40 hours. It made me feel good about my contribution. It made me feel appreciated.

So, in conclusion (before I return to the black hole of Butler Library), we all have the power to make someone feel better. Give a compliment. Tell someone something nice. Acknowledge someone's hard work. Because you can.