This is a sponsored post as part of the Let your Natural Beauty Shine Through with Zeno & Her Campus program.
While the weekend is usually the best part of my week, this past Saturday was kind of gloomy. The weather was rainy, windy, and one of those all-around miserable Boston days. Many students fled the city to be with their families, while the rest were left spending their Easter weekend alone to work through a hefty load of final papers, projects, and exam preparations. So in order to brighten everyone’s day, I decided to bake some cookies!
Now usually, baking isn’t much of a sacrifice. If you’ve read my blogs before, you know cookies are one of my favorite treats and even when I’m baking for others, I always set aside a generous portion of cookies to sample (to make sure it’s not poisonous, of course). But Saturday was different. Since it’s still Passover, I am abstaining from eating food that contains flour (and a whole host of other ingredients), and I knew I would have to inhale that delicious cookie aroma, without being able to sample any of it. But I was determined to bring a little Easter cheer to the melancholy day and decided to bake for the greater good.
I sought the help of my friend, and fellow baking aficionado, Nicole, who lives in an apartment building that houses tons of college students. After making 2 batches of cookies (1 chocolate chip and 1 double chocolate chip), we put them on a plate, left them in her lobby, and returned a mere ½ hour later to see that the entire plate was empty! I didn’t realize how much fun it could be to anonymously make someone’s day a little sweeter with such a simple, selfless act.
While I originally intended to cheer up everyone else, I ended up making myself feel better as well. For the rest of the day, I walked around, with a glow of pride, and happiness that made me feel naturally beautiful from the inside out.
Do you ever do any random acts of kindness that make you feel naturally beautiful? Share them below!