*Obi-quiet

There was once a young woman who found she could not keep a job and get Sunday's off at the same time. Since her religion strongly encouraged her to keep the Sabbath Day Holy, she found this understandably frustrating. Seeing as this wouldn't change any time in the near future if she wanted to keep any job, she decided to try for something else to help the situation and keep her in a Sabbath Spirit even if only for a little longer. Hence, she came up with the ideas of sharing journals and stories that could help others as well as herself.

Now, it should be said that something this girl had always dreamed about doing was making a difference in the world. She would have preferred to make a good difference for several people, but even if she could only touch one life, she figured it would be well worth it.

So, faithfully, every weekend, she got online and posted and Inspirational Journal. At times, she got amazing responses, while at others barely got any response at all.

Then, one day, someone sent her a note to their own personal journal, hoping to help this young woman gain some stories to share. It took her a while, but she followed the link and found the journal. There had been several entries, and many of them were uplifting and inspirational stories.

After reading a few of these, she realized something: Most, if not all of the inspirational journals were ones she'd put up herself. The stories she chose to share had touched this person so much, that they had put up several of her stories, and judging from the journals, they had actually helped this person out.

At that moment, the young woman realized two things: 1. Whether this person had meant it or not, they had sent her just about the sweetest thing they ever could and 2. she'd helped to make some small difference in someone's life.

You never know who will remember what you say, so choose carefully how you speak. To anyone who has ever read my journal and it has helped them in any way, you have helped me to live a dream. As such, I cannot thank you enough.

--Anne Camp, AKA Obi-quiet