February Challenge: Day 2

For my foreign language class, I am taking German, and in that class is a group of young men that aren't usually very kind.  While in that class,  one of the young men that likes to bother me was making very crude jokes about me.  At first, I was angry, and I wanted to say hurtful things back.  However, I thought of how I would feel hours later after I said something rude, and I knew that I would feel shame and regret for acting the same way.  So instead of being unkind, I put his German book away for him.  I think this made him realize how unkind he was being because when I returned to my seat he apologized to me.  I may not have uplifted him, but I did show him that I was trying to, and he recognized that and said sorry.  I'm so grateful for the power of kindness, and for the commandment to love everyone.  I know that it blesses my life to be kind and to treat people the way you want to be treated, even if they don't treat you the same way. ~Sky