Seeking Positivity During A Tragedy
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Seeking Positivity During A Tragedy

For my holy cross family during tragedy.

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Seeking Positivity During A Tragedy

It was my senior year of high school, about a week before Thanksgiving break when tragedy struck the halls of my school. It was announced that a classmate of ours had taken his own life. On that day, you could hear a fly buzzing, it was completely silent in the usual rowdy halls of that high school.

The next day, sadness was still prevalent in my school but there was a glimmer of hope when other classmates put up sticky notes all around the school, all over the lockers and doors and cafeteria walls with positive saying. Things like "you are loved" "you are important" "you mean a lot to someone" surrounded our school during a time of tragedy. It brought a smile to all of our sad faces.

I remember this day not because of the grief everyone was filled with but because I was filled with a full heart. A full heart to know a community can stick together during a time of sorrow and show each other that no one is alone. High school is a tricky place, it's a place where you try to find yourself but face many challenges along the way and to come into school that day with sticky notes surrounding me reminding me that I am not alone made my heart full.

No matter what you're going through in life, just remember the sticky notes that you can stick in places to remind yourself that you are loved and you have a purpose. This day is just a reminder that no one is alone in this crazy world and no one goes through anything alone. Remind yourself every day of this and be your own sticky note of positivity during a difficult time.

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