Inclusiveness has always
been something I try to embrace fully, and I love to see others doing the same.
I have met so many amazing people do to random conversations and inviting
people in to group activities. Even though sometimes it is hard to get myself
to take the first step, it always seems worth it. This week I have two stories
for you, one of a time me and my friends invited someone to hang out with us
and one of an encounter just last week where I was invited to join a club meeting.
Back in high school I had
a pretty tight friend group. There was only a few of us, but we all had great
times. During our Junior year me and one of my friends had a math class with
one of the foreign exchange students. We introduced ourselves and found out
that she was from Japan and her name was Kaori. I offered to walk with her to
her next class because we were in the same class. When class ended I invited
Kaori to sit with my group at lunch. From then on Kaori hung around the friend
group and we all became really close to her. She came to parties, sat with us
at lunch, and at the end we all got notes from her saying how grateful she was
to us for helping her through and being her friends. We were sad to see her go
at the end of the year, but we had a great time while she was here.
This second story is
about a club meeting I got invited to last week. I had stayed after classes and
was waiting for one of my regularly scheduled clubs only to find out it had been
canceled. Right before I was about to leave a lady walked up to me, introduced herself,
and told me that there was a French club meeting in an hour where they would
have food. I told her I would think about going. After short contemplation I decided
that it would be interesting to stay and see where this adventure would take
me. After waiting an hour it came time to go to the meeting. Honestly, I started
to second guess my decision. I had already walked past the room that I saw
everyone meeting in when I decided to just take a leap of faith, go back, and
walk in before I could change my mind again. I am so glad I got up that
courage. Shortly after showing up we separated into groups and were playing
games. I met a couple really great people while I was there and they all were
very inviting. I had an amazing time, and as a side note the food was great.
Being inclusive and
having the courage to include yourself in activities is an amazing experience
that I hope we all continue to do or try harder to do more. I sincerely wish
everyone a lovely day.
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