The bracelet made me rethink everything I was doing wrong in my life. At this very moment it has made me make better choices because when I'm about to make a wrong choice, I look down at my hand and make a better choice.

I was at this fair thing in New Haven at a high school and some people with One Step shirts (I don't remember any of their names because it was a while ago) had a bunch of these (wristbands), and they were asking people to become a part of their program. (They said) that they help people make better choices, and there was one girl who was asking questions like "Do you like how you are right now?" etc,.

​She was talking to me and she gave me the bracelet, and was like "Next time you know you are going to make a bad choice, look down at your wrist and make a better one" and ever since that day I just cant help but try to be the better version of myself.

I don't really have a story to tell besides the fact that I liked what the simple bracelet made me feel.

​There was a girl from my school, I don't really recall her name, but she came up to me and gave it to me and smiled and was having a conversation with me. She gave me the bracelet and told me to search up the website and when I did I realized how the bracelet was much more than just a bracelet, and that it had a powerful deep meaning behind it, and I'm thankful that she gave me this bracelet.

So here's a story from yours truly. I've been asking myself, "What kind of person do I want to be?" for so long, there's probably a thousand stories, but this was very cool and very recent.

Sometime last May, I got out of my car and saw a stuffed doll lying in front of my house.

I have a daughter who grew up with a favorite stuffed doll, so I know how important those things can be to a young child. So I picked up the doll, and even though it would have been easier just tossing it out or propping it up against a tree for the owners to maybe find, I asked myself what kind of person I wanted to be. The answer ended up being I wanted to be the kind of person to try to get the doll back to the child. So I took pictures of the doll, made flyers, and put up signs in the neighborhood. I figured if they dropped it while walking by, they'll probably walk by again and see the signs.

Today (8/17/2019), I was mowing the lawn and noticed that the signs were still up and I was thinking that as soon as I finished mowing I was going to pull the signs down and throw them out and get rid of the doll. Three months was long enough.

Not more than 30 minutes later, I get a phone call on my cell phone. It was some young lady who said she understood it had been a very long time, but I had posted that I had found a stuffed doll and although I probably didn't, she was wondering if I might still have it. Her one and a half year old child lost it quite a while ago and she had just recently seen the signs I posted.
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How cool is that?? After three months, I was so close to throwing everything out. And minutes after I decided, the mother calls me. And thus, I was able to help reunite a favorite doll with a very young child. Made my day. All from asking myself what kind of person I wanted to be, and then following through.