One of my favorite quotes is from a wise willow tree who once said: "The Ripples, so small at first but then look how they grow, but Someone has to start them."
I think I am going to start making some ripples, Something as small as saying hello to a stranger.
This is something I have been told I do too many times. My Mom, my Sister and sometimes my Friends tell me I talk to people too easily. Truthfully I am sometimes too friendly but I do enjoy talking to others.Truthfully I think this can be a small ripple I want to start, due to something I personally have noticed since coming to UNI. I was surprised to notice that many if not all of the students avoid direct eye contact with other students while walking to or from place to place.
So Starting today I will be keeping my chin up, walk straight and tall and just say "Hello!" to everyone I meet while passing on the street. I will encourage my friends to take part and maybe this will change. My Dad told me in his college years, attending Texas A&M it was customary to say "Howdee" to everyone you passed on campus. I don't know if I will be able to start a cool word like "Howdee" but Hello is simply enough and that's all I really want is a little "Hello!".
So I send this challenge to my fellow UNI students, Be Friendly and say Hello to someone you don't know. It maybe hard but "sometimes the right path is not always the easiest one."
