PROM KING

"Mental sunshine will cause the flowers of peace, happiness and prosperity to grow upon the face of the Earth. Be a creator of mental sunshine." -Graffiti on the wall in Berkeley, California.

I heard a story on the radio that touched me this morning. It's definitely worth including in the "Human Acknowledgement Project" blog. Our local station, KBCO, has an email segment each morning. Today a woman wrote in about her son. He is an autistic, bipolar boy with learning disabilities. He is graduating from high school this year. Here is the beauty, he was crowned Prom King last weekend. His mother said he had some panicky reactions(especially when he became aware that he had to dance with the prom queen.) and the students could only hold the crown above his head as he couldn't quite handle the stimulation of it upon him.  Congratulations to all!

Wow! This says a lot about this boy, his parent's and even more about the young people. The student body voted for him! Isn't that inspiring? These kids saw beauty in his humanness. I look back at high school and think about how self-centered and mean kids could be. I look at what "we think" teenagers are like now.  There is so much more goodness than I see. There is kindness in this world. 

Today I am grateful that I get to hear these stories that fill my heart with happiness and hope.  The more I "practice" being grateful, the more I see that inspires my faith in others. It's true that what we focus on expands.

I have a bracelet that reads : "Thoughts become things, choose the good ones." Choose the good thoughts today!