Rachel Joy Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. She most certainly wasn't your average 17 year old. She was one of kind, and wanted to have an impact on peoples lives. She wanted to touch peoples hearts, and wanted to make a change in the world. After her death, her parents discovered an essay she had written couple of days before her death called "My Ethics, My Codes of Life". In the essay she wrote " I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same". Another quote that stood out to me was "People will never know how far a little kindness can go", and that is absolutely true. If you hold the door for someone, or even lend somebody a dollar when they need it the most, that person just might feel motivated to do the same for somebody else, creating a chain reaction. It doesn't even have to be somebody you know, it can be can a total STRANGER. An organization called "Rachel's Challenge" has been formed.Spokes people go to High Schools all over the United States giving presentations about who Rachel Scott was, and explaining what "Rachel's Challenge" is exactly. I was fortune enough to go to this assembly as well as the rest of my school.It was the most touching assembly, hands down. Rachel has changed the way I look at people, as well as my perspective of Life. I will write my goals down on a piece of paper and save it, I will look for the best in people, I will never take people for granted, because life is unexpected. And I will be kind and help people when they need it the most, and hopefully start a chain reaction.
Why not do the same?!?!
R.I.P Rachel, as well as the other 12 people who were killed in the Columbine High School Shooting.<3
To learn more about Rachel's Challenge, go to http://rachelschallenge.org/
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