Today I am Inspired.

Today was the first time that I felt inspired in a really long time.

As I was walking back to my dorm room from the art school,
it was dark and cold and hardly anyone was out,
I was walking down bloom walk and ahead of me I saw a fallen bike on the side of the walkway,
it had no lock and the basket had broken off clearly in its fall,
most importantly it had no lock and no owner.
It looked way out of place, almost as if someone had tried to steal it and failed.

Honestly I had no intention or even thought to do anything with it; I just saw it approaching ahead as I walked back to my room.

But then there was a guy, a stranger,
who came riding on his longboard towards me and the fallen bike.
without hesitation he hopped off his board and let it skate away from him,
as he walked back to the bike and picked it up and propped it against the railing,
and picked up the basket and reattached it.

And I just felt so inspired.
After feeling so tired and so disappointed at so many PEOPLE this past week,
here was this stranger who went out of his way without any hesitation,
and performed a small, but nonetheless noble random act of kindness.
He could have stolen the fallen bike,
or just like me, could have skated right past it
without the slightest thought to prop it away from the walkway.
There was no one there to watch him, see what he was doing, see the good he was doing.
But it was so clear to him that he would pick it up and try to fix it.
The fallen, abandoned bike.

He then started jogging towards his board which was coming towards me due to his previous momentum.

And at that moment we made eye contact,
we saw each other.
I gave him a knowing smile,
and he gave it right back.



And I have to say,
I am so thankful for today.
Thankful for this inspiration that propels me to do good.
So very thankful.