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I’ve recently experienced what a friendly disposition can do.
A born realist – or pessimist, as some prefer – I’ve never been a believer in “energy,” someone who believes in things like chi and karma. I suppose I’m just not metaphysical enough to believe, well, such hooey, but this past week I realized that if you put ‘good’ out there, sometimes you get ‘good’ back.
While compiling research for an article on off-campus housing, I spoke with many people, some friendly, others not so much. I thanked those that offered me friendly information, because they made my day. And because they brightened my mood, I brightened others’.
Later, when trying to gas up my two-door Honda, I ran into a problem with my West Georgia debit card. I ran inside to pre-pay, but was pleasantly surprised when the RaceTrac employee offered to assist me at pump number four.
When the employee couldn’t get my card to work, he pulled out his own RaceTrac rewards card – which allows holders to fill up and then pay inside – so I could get my gas. His job requirement didn’t force him to be so helpful, but he was. So when I went inside to pay, I made sure his superior knew how helpful he had been.
On Thursday, The West Georgian news editor, Corryn Fraser, and I held a focus group to see how University of West Georgia students felt about the newspaper. The focus group was possible, much in part to Dr. Amber Smallwood, who allowed us to come into one of her public relations classes.
The focus group allowed us to obtain interesting feedback that will help not only the newspaper, but also UWG’s entire student body. The class was also about to learn about focus groups – one of the predetermined public relations topics – firsthand, and Smallwood was able to introduce a new aspect into the course.
These three instances made me realize that although I might not believe in karma as a force, one good turn begets another.
This seems an elementary concept, a cliché even. It’s heard so often, it just slips under the radar, and, at least for me, is discarded into the pit encompassing every motivational slogan out there.
But there’s a reason for its overuse: it’s true.
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