So, while grabbing a quick bite to eat at Steak and Shake, an entire party of prom goers walk in for dinner. Despite the day I've had, I walk over and buy all of the girls a milkshake. When asked why, I told them "because high school can be hell but the real world is full of amazing people and I want that to be what you take from tonight."
I pay and leave, knowing that it wasn't wise but as I went to leave a few of them got up to hug me. A mother and grandmother that were with them applaud me as I leave and the party joins them.
I didn't do it for the attention, but rather to prove that the world isn't so far gone that a stranger can't still do a good deed for no other reason than it feels right.
Will it absolve me of all the wrong that I've done, or will do? Will this act push my karmic balance into the positive? Who gives a fuck.
Tonight, none of my issues matter and I feel better knowing that someone in this world will go to sleep believing in the kindness of strangers.
-K.W.