So, I really like making Shirley Temples. Which is a fancy drink that is known not to have any alcohol in it. Although, sometimes I put rum in it for fun.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I was at home when I realized that I was out of orange juice. Which is one of the ingredients to make Shirley temples with. So I ran out to the grocery store just to get orange juice, just the one thing.

Then when I was getting out of my car and I started walking towards the grocery store I noticed that there were a bunch of teenage girls with roses standing just outside the exit. So I thought, ‘they must be selling roses for some sort of charity’. Since I didn’t have any change on me at the time I tried my best to avoid eye contact with them and just hurry past them. But when I was walking past them one of the girls was giving a rose to another woman just leaving the grocery store and I heard her say, “Here is a rose just because you’re beautiful”.

So, by the time I’m in the grocery store grabbing my orange juice I’m starting to think maybe these roses aren’t for sale. Maybe they were actually handing them or free, just because. When I was in line for the cash register, the express cash register too, because I only had the one item. I saw some of the girls come into the store and start handing out what was left of their roses to everyone. Right when it was my turn at the checkout, one of the girls came up to me and said “Here is a rose just because you’re beautiful” and then she just handed me a rose, for free. For FREE! So, being a little confused over the situation I just awkwardly say thank you. Not like a really appreciating ‘thank you so much’, but just managed to get a thank you out.

Then, I was on my way out of the grocery store I overheard a man, (who I’m assuming its one of the girls’ father). Anyway, I overheard this man talking to some of the girls about how it’s such a good thing they are doing. He said “one woman was so happy, she said she was having such a bad day until you gave her a rose”. So I get to my car, and shamelessly take a couple of selfies with my new rose. And I find myself thinking, there was just a bunch of girls handing out roses for free. I mean, how cool is that?

All I had to do was go outside one day and I was given a rose and I was called beautiful. I guess it just really got me thinking, sometimes bad things happen when you go outside, and sometimes good things happen when you go outside. Sometimes people are mean and sometimes people are nice. But in the end, I think it all evens out ... I hope. It just really depends on whether or not it’s a good day, right?

If you really want to look into it further, I could have got a flower from them earlier, but I was too busy living in my own world and assuming the worst of people. I’m not saying the world is a perfect place, I’m just saying maybe we don’t have to always assume the worst. Every now and then, we will have a good day.

There are two things that I want to take from this experience and remember forever ...