Placing random notes

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Hey guys! If you have seen my previous post you would know that I’m kinda stressed haha. I have started writing pro life notes and other things and leaving the around my school anonymously. For example, when I had the dilemma concerning my uncles and surrogation, I wrote notes about how all children deserve a happy normal loving life, and deserve chances to live. I was wondering if anyone has anything to suggest I write in the notes. At first, when I wrote the one concerning children, I was worried I may offend someone somehow. But I felt the need to spread a message. So any ideas on what I should write next for notes? Idk, it just makes me feel better about myself when I make and leave these notes. I just wanna spread God’s message more in my secular school haha
 
Focus on uplifting messages in your notes. They should be positive, true statements. Here’s one from the Catholic high school I went to. It was the school motto: “Remember that you are in the holy presence of God and you are loved.” Teenagers are very needy for attention. If they could accept God’s love for them, their life would be much easier. Something even simpler would just be “God loves you”, but it may be overused. You can also include information in the notes to contact the nearest parish to inquire about the faith.

As to Vanitas reply, I don’t know what your school’s policies are. If it isn’t allowed, you should obey the rules. As part of one of the commandments, students have to obey legitimate authority, which includes the people who set the rules at school. If it’s not allowed, you could leave notes on people’s cars in parking lots. You wouldn’t be able to target your classmates, but adults might be helped by them too.
 
I’m sorry, but unless these are an occasional thing for a holiday, like leaving everybody an anonymous Valentine or something (which presumably would just contain a neutral good wish and not any politically charged statement), I find the idea of anonymous notes posted all over a school to be creepy. Anonymous “pro-life” notes even creepier. I would find anonymous “pro-choice” notes equally creepy, or any other kind of anonymous note advocating a religious or political position in a secular school. And I agree with Vanitas that a person could get in trouble for leaving such notes.

I am not sure why you would think this is a good idea. If you want to spread pro-life ideas, the proper way is for you to speak about them and take ownership of your words, not to leave some hit-and-run anonymous note.
 
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I think it’s wonderful that you want to spread the word of the sanctity of life.

As @Tis_Bearself says, spreading anonymous notes is probably not the best way to go about this.

At my local grocery store, somebody put a sticker on both exit doors that says, “you are beautiful.” In my opinion, that is a pro-life message – it acknowledges the beauty and value of the people walking in and out of those doors.

If you would like to post anonymous messages – and I was the sort of young woman who would have done this in high school – I would recommend simple messages of affirmation:
  • You matter.
  • You are smart enough.
  • You are likable.
  • You are unique and irreplaceable.
  • You are stronger than you know.
  • You have the power to create change.
Just off the top my head.

Thanks for trying to make a positive difference in the world!
 
I would recommend simple messages of affirmation…
@labradfdf, also you can think of (or look up) some positive messages about the things that connect you and your schoolmates, things like friendship, trust, support… Here is one of my favorites:
  • The best friends bring out the best in each other.
I can’t think of any more at the moment but I imagine you can.
 
But, don’t you post anonymous messages here every day? Do you own them?

How is a paper note different from the electronic one?
 
You are “in trouble” for just being a Catholic. They just haven’t come for you yet.
 
But, don’t you post anonymous messages here every day?
If you are reasonably active in an online forum such as this, other members get to know you. Even if they don’t know your real name, a personal connection is established. I think that’s where secret notes might fail.
 
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They will probably kick you out of school for these messages. Try to find a different vehicle for spreading your message.
 
These notes on CAF aren’t anonymous. They’re attributed to my unique online account, which has a name and an identity. Yes, I own them. CAF knows who I am and holds me accountable for whatever I post. I also have been on the Internet long enough to know that if somebody wants to find out the name behind a posting identity, they will do it and you better not put anything here you don’t want to answer for later, including in a court of law.

Also, it is permitted to post here, as long as one doesn’t violate rules. That’s the purpose of the forum. People come here to read posts. If the OP’s school had something called a “Note Wall” where people could just post whatever, within a certain set of guidelines (which would likely exclude religious and political notes), he could post his notes on that wall.

In a secular school, leaving a lot of anonymous notes around, which are presumably unsigned and nobody knows who’s leaving them and they’re posted in places where maybe one wouldn’t normally put notes, such as on a door, in a restroom etc, is likely to get you on the radar of school authorities and possibly in hot water. A person could feel frightened or bothered by seeing a note about some politics that they don’t agree with. Just think if the pro-choice brigade, or a group advocating atheism, posted notes all over a secular school saying, "Abortion is a right! " or “Atheism is awesome!” Would you want to read that stuff every day when you were just trying to go to school?

When I was in school, there were bulletin boards and if you wanted to post something you had to get the approval of the principal first and not just put stuff up without asking. I did that once, put something up without asking, and got in hot water for it.

Furthermore, why does this guy need to be anonymous? If he wants to advocate pro-life, he can say it out loud. We all do.
 
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@ontheway1 @beryllos @Gertabelle @Tis_Bearself @Jared2914 @VanitasVanitatum ok… I didn’t realize it was wrong. As for school rules, leaving notes is allowed, but I guess I will stop. I guess I was just to caught up and stressed about the uncle sit, that I just wanted to do this haha, but anyw@s thanks all for the answers. Also in the notes I just wrote stuff about how all should be loved and live a happy life n stuff so yea hahaa. And I kinda wanna be anonymous bc religious ppl sometimes get bullied at my school so yeaaa… good thing I only left one note so far
 
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What you are doing is not “wrong”. It is just that we are living in times that are hostile to everything, and any, even the most harmless action is likely to be perceived as a threat to someone. This is particularly true of positive, life affirming messages.
 
@labradfdf I don’t know how old you are . . . but does your school have an organization like Aevidum? It would be an opportunity for you to spread messages of affirmation, and give you a sense of fellowship at the same time. Aevidum – i've got your back
 
Don’t sweat it too much. It seems your heart is in the right place.

Random notes can sometimes have an impact. I know someone who finally went to pursue an annulment after being married outside the Church for 30 years because they came across a pamphlet on annulments that someone had left behind. But actually, before that, it was the witness of one of my friends who had been dating a woman who was seeking an annulment and his frank admission that he would have to break things off if the annulment didn’t go through. If not for that prior witness, the brochure wouldn’t have had the same impact.

That is, I think, the main point people are trying to make. You’re going to get more evangelistic mileage out of person-to-person interaction than anonymous note drops. Not that an anonymous note cannot touch a person at the right moment. It can. But it’s not as likely.
 
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This is a picture of what my school did for Valentine’s Day today. I go to a Christian school, so we have messages about God, but maybe if you wanted to you can put up positive and encouraging notes instead since you go to a secular school. People in my School put up encouraging notes all year round
 
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Just a suggestion - Is there a pro-life club at your high school that you could join? If not, could you start one? That might be an even more effective way to spread the message.

You could organize events, make posters, etc.
 
I am failing to see how this is wrong? Innocent messages on a piece of paper left randomly here and there? Especially if they are encouraging little sayings like “all life is beautiful” etc. what if that one little note is what helps change someone’s hardened heart? It may be far fetched but if it works only on one person it’s worth it in my opinion.
 
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