Love Dare Intro

Throughout my 17 years of existence, I've come to realize several things about life.
1. Friends are people who appreciate you for who you are.
2. The only person you can count on 100% of the time is yourself.
3. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?
4. There is nothing more important or prominent in our hearts than the desire - no, need - to be loved and cared for by others.

Love is the meaning of life. Whether it's God's love, love for our family, friends, or pets, or being "in love", love is at the center of everything we do. Everyone needs love. Therefore I have decided to do this love dare to EVERYONE. Because they all need my love.
Obviously I can't do all of these dares to every single person I know. Therefore I have chosen a few people on which to act out the more specific dares.

My mom and dad
My friends Shanon, Erin, Anna, Maddie
The guys Zach and Aaron
The exes Danny and Josh
My french horn teacher

I have also taken it upon myself to complete two "ULTIMATE LOVE DARES".
The first one: After the first two weeks of school, I took down the sheets in the hallway with all the students' locker assignments listed on them and I now have them in my possession. Throughout the next couple of months, I will be going through the lists and leaving personalized notes of love, encouragement, and hope to each student in their locker via Post-it. I want to spread the love to everyone. And I know that high-schoolers often go through tough times, whether it be family issues, loneliness, depression, or whatever. Even if they seem really happy, people can always appreciate knowing that someone cares about them. No, this won't change the world, but maybe it'll make people's days a little bit better.

The second one: This isn't really a big deal, but, well, I play Neopets. And I have this REALLY RARE neopet that I've had for awhile. Now, I'm a senior in high school. And it's a little bit pathetic that I still play Neopets. So I'm giving this Neopet away to someone who I think will really appreciate it. Some of the kids that play Neopets use it as an escape. Their home life sucks, they don't have any friends, they're dying of cancer, they are just really unhappy with their life. Hopefully I can brighten someone's life a little bit by giving them something that's considered really valuable - virtually of course. And once I've given this neopet away, I can delete my account and focus on real life and spreading the love even more. So, throughout the next couple of months, I will be trying to find the perfect and most deserving person to get this neopet.