3/19/2018

We had been standing in line, ready to check out and head back home. I glanced over at the food court, and my stomach growled hungrily. I peered at the enormous pictures on the menu and decided that a frozen yoghurt sounded really good at that moment. I turned to my mom and told her I would be right back.

My sisters overheard me. Numerous cries of "can you get me one, too?" immediately filled my ears.

I asked them which flavours each would like—Vanilla, Chocolate, Vanilla, Chocolate—when the man beside me piped up. "I'll take a swirl, please."

I glanced over at him, bemused. "Okay," I said nonchalantly. Then I hurried off to the food court. I decided I wanted to make that man's day and get him the swirl he asked for. I knew he wouldn't actually expect me to do it.

After figuring out a way to load my arms up with five fro-yos, I headed back to where I'd left my family. As I passed out the cups, I looked around, trying to find that man. He was nowhere to be seen. I asked the others if anyone saw which way he went; nobody had.

I looked sadly down at the swirled cup in my hand, and one of them asked me who it was for. I explained that I decided to take his joke seriously and ordered him a swirl.

She gave a sad smile. "The world needs more people like you."

Those words filled my heart. With a grin spread across my face, I simply said, "Be the change you want to see."