We can all relate to being in a place that really sucks. Whether it be a lousy job, a class with an awful teacher, a stressful home environment, or just a really dark time in our life, at some point we have all felt the feelings of agony from being in a place that just plain sucks. But if you're lucky enough, there might just be someone in that place that makes it suck a whole lot less. That's what Randi was to me.
Randi was a tall, thin, blonde with a gorgeous smile and an even more beautiful soul. She was from Carlsbad, California and either 14 or 15 when she came in. She was a free-spirited raver chick. From the day she got to Casa she had a smile on her face and a dance in her step. She was always twirling around and being silly regardless of if it got her sent to worksheets for the rest of the day. It baffled me how someone could seem to be so happy and carefree in such a miserable place. Most of us walked around like zombies. We had been beaten down and there was nothing left but conformity and submission.
Randi was a breath of fresh air and taught me that your mindset has everything to do with the quality of your life. Circumstances mean nothing. It was the purest display of happiness I had ever seen and it came from within.
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