I'm sitting here in the university's dining hall. They're hosting a study hall through the night, offering free drinks (coffee and the like) to help students study for finals.
I've had four finals already, and my last one's in about five and half hours. It's getting hard for me to concentrate, as I've had little to no sleep in the past few days, and constantly taxing my brain with calculus, oceanography terms, geography concepts, and the bane of all medical students: ochem. I'm sitting here, at 2:35 in the morning, trying as hard as I can to concentrate on studying for physics. But my mind keeps wandering, and I keep thinking about getting on that plane home. Less than 17 hours before I get home. So you see, my brain's beginning to wander.
I tried to kick myself back onto the studying path. I got up, refueled my cup of joe, and went back to scrolling through MIT's opencourseware physics notes. And a small, insignificant, seemingly meaningless memory surfaced...
A couple years ago, around this time, while I was still in high school, studying for some block of exams (may have been midterms, finals, or AP testing, I don't quite remember), my mom knocked on my door, late into the night when she'd usually be sleeping already, and came in with a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee. Told me to try and finish studying sooner so I could get some sleep, wished me luck, and went back to bed. I don't think I ever thanked her for that.
So this is just to say, when was the last time you took the time to thank someone close, be it family or friends? For all the little things they do. And when was the last time you performed a small, random act of kindness? The world could always use a little more kindness to go around. Especially this time of year. :)
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