One thing that most of the kids had, was a smile on their face when they greeted us "Good Morning" or a simple smile and "Thank You" while they were getting excited over the fact we were going to give them cookies and free juice! (Yum Yum!) Others were shy to actually say what their name was, but was still curious on what was in store for the day. Indeed, it was going to be a great and fulfilling three hour adventure to start the morning of a lazy college student.
Here is a picture of the kids with their Love Banks. 
A "Love Bank" is a bank for your candy, or any certain material that you would want to put in it, that symbolizes an act of love that you have done to a person or an act of love that a person that made you feel loved. I couldn't resist smiling to those kids, who were SO focused on designing on their little bank; most importantly, the candy that filled up their simple cups to the brim. You could see in their share circles how much effort they give to tell their different stories in a simple way, but it gets the message across that gives them a simple sweet reward for them to munch and enjoy later on. What's funny is, is that they never quit to find candy to express more of themselves whenever their piles have already been exhausted!
As people of this world, (unless you're from another planet) we would want to love one another. Sometimes, we wouldn't want to even realize that there's a reward for doing so. Regardless, these kids have a simple reminder behind their cute smiles and hyperactive dispositions: It's to love because it gives us a sweet feeling that inspires us to do something better. As a "Kuya" for the day, you would actually feel the innocence and purity that fills their hearts and that makes you realize that one actually needs simplicity in life. Sure, it's easier said than done, but every problem in our life can have a probably solution and even a friend that you can go to around the corner. You just have to open up and find that right person, and find that it's the simple things in life that actually inspires you to be who you are, and to be yourself in the different situations of the day.
These moments of absolutely Cool Saturdays will always have a place in my heart. Sometimes, I wish I never left that room where joy was once shared. But leaving the room symbolically calls us to go out of our space to love different people for who they are, and to spread the sweetness of having a chance to be an inspiration to others while filling up our own Love Banks.
I love you, kids. Stay young and stay bright.
