I Met a Really Nice Person

It’s so rare these days

I’m still a student, and as a student, I go to school. This year, I met someone who’s unbelievably kind.

I simply had the sudden urge to share, so that’s what I’m going to do. Blog about the most generous person I was able to meet.

At the start of this year, a Literature teacher took up my class. His method of teaching is so unique and fun that I started looking forward to his lessons. Mind you, this does not happen often. In fact, this barely happens at all.

Earlier this year, only a handful of people knew I enjoyed writing and managed to publish a book. So when this teacher found out from one of my classmates, he called me out and started to ask questions about it. I had no idea what it meant at the time or how he would eventually help me.

After just a few weeks, after learning a little more about the book I wrote, he gave me an opportunity that I could not refuse. It was an online camp, and though I am not usually fond of event such as this, I simply could not decline. The camp was exclusively for writers and readers, so I decided to give it a try.

Turns out, I absolutely love it when I’m grouped with people who shared the same interest.

I found a friend from that camp who shared my favourite book, and since then, we started to communicate. I never once saw her in real life, but we live in the same country so we might be able to meet. All because of this opportunity I was given.

That was not the only thing he did, either.

I gave him the first ever draft of my book, one that I had printed out. It was filled with horrible mistakes, considering I wrote it before I was a teenager, but he accepted it.

Then, he decided to tell the entire school about it.

It wasn’t an immediate thing. We discussed it, and I was literally scared out of my mind. Yes, this was yet another opportunity that I should take, but it didn’t change the fact that I was socially awkward and embarrassed 24/7. I had to get this one day, but I didn’t think it’ll be so soon.

So, there was a video shown to my school and a little booth a set up to showcase my book. It’s still happening as I write this.

God. Why is he so…thoughtful?

To give me this chance is crazy. Though it certainly sounds impossible, if I ever become someone out in the world one day, I owe a big part to him.

As far as I know, before him, no one helped me this way with my interest in writing. He took in the fact, then decided to help me in the best way he could. He acknowledged it, and nurtured it. Then, he told me I didn’t have to worry about giving back to him because he was helping me willingly.

Sir? I don’t think that is possible. You quite literally gave me a ladder in my dream career.

I wish I could have the same ability in speaking as I do in writing. I can express myself in words on screens or paper, but never face-to-face. I find it so difficult to pour out my gratitude for all he had done for me in front of him. There’s so many things I had hoped to tell him, yet my talent for speaking strays further than the moon.

I just want him to know that I am thankful. That’s a royal understatement.

Now, I’m receiving more sudden opportunities for what he managed to achieve for me. Writing competitions, meetings and acknowledgement. It’s crazy.

There’s many more things he assisted me with that I have yet to mention, which shows how impossibly generous he is.

So, I’d like to tell everyone that people like this exists. Honestly, I never believed it. But now, I am certain that there are more in the world who helps not just for their own benefit.