A glimpse of sunshine.
Today I started my frist day of work at the Board of Education. Most of the other women working there were not friendly towards me, as suspected. Dispite all the negativity however, there was this exceptional woman who mainly worked on my traning. Outstanded at the kindness and warmth this woman bestowed upon my I thought 'Wow. Why?!' She may have read my mind, I wont ever know, but she started to tell me a story about how when she was about fourteen she was forced to work as a secertary as well. She told me that she absolutley hated it at first but the woman she was with made it a lovely experience. Greeting her, helping her out, giving her a lending hand.... "It was that day I vowed that if I ever were to train a person for a secertary position I will treat them well and make sure that they are comfortable." I constantly smile, sometimes for silly things, usually and things that are not found to be funny, but when I heard this I was filled with such effervescence I could not help but keep a huge smile. Althought this womans words were not really graceful they still shot to my heart. I could not help but feel moved and fortunate to have this lovely lady as a manager and co-worker. As the day dragged on she kept assuring me that I would do just fine, that I should disregard any rude comments from people- not take them to heart, then some how our minor and sporadic talks digressed into materialism. She voiced her discontent with societies current state, over powered by their material possestions. She objected to the way things are and is into humanitarian work. She told me how she worked with Habitat for Humanity and has been donating her hair to Locks of Love. I agreed with all of what she said and was impressed by her accomplishments. Some where along there she remembered that I told her I intend to go to college under a Journalism major, she told me that she just knew if that is what I were to get into I would be the one to raise awareness on social and global issues, that I would "change things" with my writings and that I was "going places". I... I am not sure what to say. I was so speechless! How could she say something so encouraging and sweet? She tells me that one meets more than a lot of kind people in our life, maybe it is just that I have been around the ones that do not fit into that bunch which is why I am so outstanded and awestucken at ever little shot of kindness someone sends towards me. I am not sure. But hey! maybe I am just taking everything way too much to heart. Maybe she said it for the sake of having something positive to anticipate, maybe to add to the good of people that she viewed in her mind (she stated much about not being too fond of the attitudes lots of people have surrounding her), or maybe she said it to make her mark just as the other secertary had with her. Now that I think of it, my thoughts are shifting more towards my last theory. I will never know for sure, of course, but as she said "You meet everyone in your life for a reason". I believe that I have found that reason upon meeting her, and I thank her for it.