As some of you might know, I graduated from a high school in Kansas City, Kansas. Not far from a town called Olathe, where recently three middle school boys showed up to school on Valentine’s Day and handed out over 300 roses to all the girls at their school, both staff and students.

The boys said they wanted their plans to be private until Valentine’s Day and they “wanted every girl to feel important and special on Valentine’s Day.”

According to a Fox News article, “Tristan Valentine, Kyan Rice and Lincoln Holmes – who are in eighth, seventh and sixth grade, respectively – reportedly funded the sweet gesture with money out of their own pockets.”

Principal of Summit Trials Middle School said she “got chills seeing it happen,” as we all would’ve. She then explained that it was “refreshing to see three young men go out of their way to make others feel happy and their act provided a big boost to school spirit.”

One can only hope that this becomes a tradition in that and other middle schools. Feeling appreciated on Valentine’s Day is something everyone hopes for. Our young men and women deserve to feel special as well.

I have always had found Valentine’s Day to be a nice holiday. Between giving out candy and cards to my elementary school classes to having dinner with a special someone to waiting until Feb. 15 to go to Walmart and fill a shopping basket with heavily discounted chocolate. However, I have never entered my school to be greeted by three kind boys who put their money together to make that day feel special for all the girls at school.

To have three young boys collect all their money for who knows how long to purchase hundreds of dollars in pink carnations is something unheard of. With so much temptation to go out with friends, buy the newest video game or buy your favorite kind of candy, it is so hard to save any money you might come across as a middle schooler. It amazes me that three young boys saved and collected their money and did such a sweet act by themselves.

Male readers, take note. Doing something this selfless and heartwarming can get you in the news. For all my other readers out there, doing selfless things to make others feel good is something we all should try to do when we can. When I was a freshman in high school, I used to write endearing notes on colorful note cards and push them into my fellow student’s lockers during our lunch period. While I wasn’t sponsored or given help, all I wanted to do was to make at least one person smile that day because of something I did. Even small acts of kindness can mean so much to someone having a bad day.

To finish, American theologian and author James Freeman Clarke once said, “Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.”