My greatest thrill in life is helping others; giving people hope. I once stopped a guy from killing himself. I once safely helped a girl out of an abusive relationship. I helped to give someone a warm place to sleep at night, via a new roof. I helped to give several people mobility, via several wheel chair ramps. I like to feed the homeless whenever I see them. I like to buy toys for little kids at Christmas, but who doesn’t do that. Okay, so my forte isn’t Rocket Science. But I’m still great in the maths and sciences. Chemistry, physics, accounting, probability and statistics, algebra and geometry. I made top marks in all of those classes. I made the highest exam grade in chemistry my teacher had ever seen. I often work out physics, statistics and algebra problems just for fun. I love accounting, God, I could do the books all day. I even like economics, literature, and grammar. My friends say I should be an English teacher; I’m always correcting their grammar. But my greatest thrill will always be bringing hope where there is despair.
If you were silent, do you think your friends would notice? I'm usually loud, jovial. I like to be seen as happy, whether I am or not. One day at lunch, I sat down. Someone asked me a question, I nodded my head. Tim commented on my mace earrings. I grinned and shook my head from side to side so they would bounce off my cheeks. Andrew asked why I wasn't saying anything. "It's unusual to have a silent Mary." I laughed and said that I hadn't meant to be silent. We moved to talk about the random things that friends will often talk about. Today, I sat with my usual group of "friends;" the friends with whom I fit so well. And today, I was quiet. There is a difference between quiet and silent. Especially when the quiet is you sitting, unsmiling, going through the motions and the silent includes you grinning and playing with your earrings. However, no one noticed. Isn't it odd? I think if one of my friends was bummed, I'd notice. If the were quiet, d...
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