The Little Comforts

        My Dad has passed down many pieces of wisdom throughout my sixteen years of being his daughter. Always begin a request with "may I" and finish it with "please when it is convenient". Don't make noise just to make noise. Study hard in math and science. See a sock, take it off (his motto which I'll never understand). However, there is one piece of wisdom that he has begun to carry on from his favorite TV show (The Big Bang Theory), that has begun to hold a great amount of meaning to me. When someone is in distress or upset in any way, the first thing you should do is offer them a hot beverage.
      This year of school for me is especially stressful for me. AP physics tests, the looming ACT, college visiting, the future, it's a lot to face all at once. Sometimes, stress can just take over my entire mind. Everyone feels like this at one time or another. However, what gets us through times like these are the little comforts in life. That's why my Dad's wisdom is to offer one who is upset a hot beverage. In so many peoples' cases, one of the greatest comforts in life is to feel their sweet coffee or tea slither down their throat, warming their insides and reminding them that everything is going to be okay.
     Somehow a warm beverage is just something that offers a great amount of sympathy. Even if you don't like coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or anything of the warm beverage persuasion, just holding that piping hot mug up in between your hands can melt away your stress and fears. However, while a warm beverage is probably the most universal comfort (other than maybe chocolate), everyone has their specific things that will offer them relief from their internal turmoil. I think that different occasions merit different comforts.When a girl gets dumped by her boyfriend, you bring her anything involving chocolate and/or frosting, give her a hug, and say absolutely nothing. When you don't know what the heck is wrong with someone, you can't go wrong with a hot beverage. Sometimes I feel like I'm just drowning and there's no possible way I can fight my way back to the surface, these are the times I just wish someone would walk in, offer me a warm raisin roll with raspberry jam and tell me that everything is going to be okay.
    Next time someone around you seems like they really just need a pick me up, do as my Dad (and Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory) say, and offer them a hot beverage. You have no idea how much it may help them. Stress is something that bears down on everyone from time to time. It takes the little comforts to help us find our way back to the surface. Even if they don't want tea, coffee, chocolate, or anything else you may offer, just knowing that someone cares can do wonders.