LIFE... and it's small wonders :)

Today I went into the cafeteria during 3rd hour to sit with some other council members. I went with Mallory, Claire and Ashley to the stage where Mallory started playing the piano, and it was amazing. She writes her own songs and sings them. It was powerful. Her fingers were everywhere on the keys. I couldn't believe she was 17. Her sister, Claire, started crying at one point. Later I learned that the song Mallory was playing, was written for her. 

Mallory wrote every part of the songs she played, wrote every word and you could tell from the way she played that it was from her heart. She meant every word. And that's how it should be for everything we do. Everything we do should have a purpose. If I could make one person feel so overwhelmed with emotion that they cry or laugh when they read my writing, then I will have accomplished something great. The small things in life tend to be the most important, like when someone compliments me on a bad day, listens when I have a problem, or talks on the phone for hours, makes me laugh so hard I cry, or makes me feel like they really care. 

Those are the memories I will cherish forever.