Yesterday I found out that a women and man were shot multiple times and killed some blocks from campus at 11am on Saturday October 8. They were both San Jose State students and still young. I couldn’t help but feel remorse for them because of the fact that they were still young and trying to get their lives together, and for the people that loved them. I thought about how their family and friends must have felt. I don’t know them personally but when I found out who they were I remembered that I used to run into the guy in the elevators multiple times when I lived in the CVB apartments. He would give me a friendly smile and wished me a simple “goodnight”, “goodafternoon”, or “goodmorning”. It made me think about what would happen if I lost a loved one, or if I was the one at the wrong place, wrong time. I can’t even imagine… What would happen? I know that I shouldn’t live life being scared but at the same time I feel so uneasy not knowing what is going to happen. Being around the San Jose area has been making me feel unsafe because of all the crime that has been going on. I walk everywhere with extreme caution, it doesn’t help how the area I live in is pretty scary with 24/7 creepers that make rude and unnecessary comments to you as you walk by.

The craziest thing happened today. I was feeling down because of all this thinking and all the other extra sweet nothings going on in my head. When my last class ended. One of my classmates that I barely talked to went up to me and asked me how I was doing. I answered and said I was doing okay, I also mentioned that I was just sad about the people involved in the shootings. They went on to say that everything will be okay and that “all is in Gods hands” My classmate then told me they could tell I had feelings uneasiness, so they laid their hands on my back and did a prayer for me in the middle of Duncan Hall and after even offered to walk me home. It’s amazing how a person I barely talked came and was heaven sent. God definitely has his ways of reassuring me that everything will be okay and that everything will surely fall into place. 

To end this blog, rant, dedication, or whatever it is… Even though I don’t know you guys personally, I just want to wish you and your girlfriend a friendly goodmorning, goodafternoon, and goodnight with a smile.