Have you ever felt lonely, depressed, outcast, burdened, unnoticeable, or even worthless? I’m sure we can all relate to one of these on some level. I saw a video this week while at my woman’s bible study about this 20 or so year old college student who lived in NY, we shall call her Mandy. She explained how her depression and worthlessness escalated through her move to NY for college. Pulling back from the social life and feeling lonely was just another day in this gals shoes.

One dreary day she was on the subway and this lady walked on and caught her attention. Something about this lady brought such an ache to Mandy’s heart that she felt this lady needed a pick me up, so Mandy began to write her a letter. While on the train, she began writing not knowing how long this lady would be sitting across from her but took a chance. She wrote about a deep love and a place in this world she had; even though she didn’t know this woman she knew everyone had a place and love that needed to be found. For a moment, Mandy forgot about herself and the pain she regularly experienced and realized the sweet fragrance of kindness. Her words brought to life exactly what she needed to believe about herself.

This began to trickle on from one “love” letter to the next. It wasn’t that hard for her to run into strangers that looked down and out and she would encourage them with a sweet fragrant letter. It caught on so much so that she started her own foundation and began to realize her own place in this world. Mandy has a different perspective on life, and has been very successful with bringing a simple smile to someone’s face, while expressing their worth and love in this world.

This caught my attention and made me stop and think how it would feel if I displaced my feelings for a moment and looked upon those around me; complete strangers and sought to see for a second what their world looked like. I haven’t been able to find the video since I’ve seen it, but decided since it moved me so much I would share the storyline.