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For those who didn’t cross it’s a wake up call that you really never know what’s going on in the life of someone else unless you care enough to ask. For those that had to cross, it’s often a surprising revelation that they are not alone with what for some has been their deepest darkness secrets, all they have to do is look to either side of them to know that they have friends right in their own school or community who share their pain.

Suddenly there is kindness where there was ridicule. Suddenly there is hugs where there used to be shoves. When put face to face with the sheer number of struggles their peers are facing on a day to day basis, suddenly all the bullying and name calling just doesn’t seem like so much fun anymore.

For the adults in the room in particular it’s amazing to see how quickly these kids abandon their old ways of being and replace it with wishes that their whole school could feel the camaraderie and love that they were privileged to experience on this day, how they want bullying and segregation to stop and how inspired and determined they are to get out there and create it for themselves, to “Be The Change”.

Will the change last? Yes.  Challenge Day is not some day filled with lectures on why we should or shouldn’t do things, it’s a powerful opportunity for each of it’s participants to see with their own eyes and experience for themselves the power and impact of their own choices. Whether the seed that is planted blossoms immediately or years from now, these are the types of lessons that root in and stay with a person forever.

“I learned that I’m not alone in some of the things I thought I was. It made me appreciate life a lot more.”   - Central Florida Student