I've only got one, but it has made me feel good about myself, and every time I'm feeling down or angry about myself, I think of this and it puts a smile on my face.
There was a 20-year-old boy that had a job at my work for a few months, and I heard he was on the Autistic spectrum. But after a while he started to not turn up because he was having panic attacks, and his parents had phoned the manager and said that he said that nobody here liked him. I know some people used to snap at him like he was stupid and not have much patience, and I think that drove him out and made him feel they didn't like him. I liked him though, because I felt bad for him, even though I always spoke to him nicely and I even made him laugh a few times. Then just last Friday somebody told me he done volunteering in a local cafe on Fridays, so I went into this cafe at midday after work, and saw him and I had a little chat to him. He didn't say why he left and I didn't like to mention it, but he seemed pleased to see me, and I said I will come and see him again next Friday.
I walked back out feeling good about myself, because I had made someone else feel that somebody liked him from work and he probably felt he had made a friend. Also I know how it feels to struggle socially, so I love to show that I'm a kind, caring person, and although I do feel down about myself a lot, making others feel good makes me feel good.
I know I hear the phrase ''love yourself and others will love you'', but I don't always think that is necessarily true. I feel that if I show that I like (or love) somebody else, I can then build an enthusiasm for myself.
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20 Nov 2013, 1:11 am
