Continue The Breach Of Kindness: Contagious Or Helpful?

George Saunders and David Foster Wallace mention the importance of being kind to one another and the steps necessary in graduation speeches. Both writers state that acting in kindness, ultimately leads to new freedoms and creates an enlightened human being.

In our book groups we discussed two essays “The Connection Between Strangers” by Miles Goodwin and the essay “The People Who Love You When No One Else Would” by Cecile Gilmer. In my group we said that “no matter how big or small your act of kindness is, it could change someones life” was demonstrated in both essays. In the first essay, “The Connection Between Strangers”, shows this because this little girl walked up to this solider and congratulated him. Little did she know, that the small action had changed the soldier’s life, as he said in the essay, “That girl undoubtedly has no memory of what happened years ago… It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The important thing is she did” (Goodwin 83).

The short story"Aha Moment" by Julia Alvarez demonstrates that the point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on. The story expresses the idea that simple acts of kindness can make a great impact on people both mentally and physically. It can turn frightening and tense situations into assurance and aplomb. In paragraph 8, it is stated," no one screamed,no one panicked. I could hear small pockets of soothing conversation everywhere." By holding the hands and by chatting about everyday life, the passengers emboldened each other and created an optimistic atmosphere. The author points out,"someone was comforting me and kept asking me,'Are you okay?" According to Julia if someone does something good and beneficial for you, you should pass

Kindness can alter everything. Kindness can change everything. In the article “The Science of Good Deeds” one of the quotes says “Two large studies found that older adults who volunteered reaped benefits in their health and well-being.” This influences people that are aged. It can help older people with their health. It also can help the people getting helped. Additionally in the article “Doing good Does You Good” one of the quotes states. “When you help others, it promotes positive physiological changes in the brain associated with happiness.” Helping other people out can benefit you for the reason that it can help you become more happy. It also can make you feel better. It can benefit other people for the reason that they get helped. It

Throughout the week of January 9-13, Mrs. Thompson’s Language Arts classes conducted a Kindness Experiment. Students were asked to complete kind gestures and encourage recipients to pay them forward. This task created a kindness chain that is still going on today. Students and teachers are passing the torch of kindness and doing amazing things. This proves that kindness is contagious!

Kindness and peace of mind is easier than most people think it is. There various ways to be happy and to be kind but why does it matter. In the 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Speech by David Foster Wallace, David Foster tries to make his audience to realize that the most obvious facts about life are generally right in front of our faces. David Foster gives his audience an ironic story about two fish swimming by until another fish comes up and says "Morning boys, how's the water?" It isn't after a while that they stop and ask themselves, "what the heck is water". The purpose of the funny ironic story introduced to the audience is to make sure the students sometimes realize the most obvious facts of life.

One of these lessons is that you should do an act of kindness, no matter how small it is. One of these examples is a poem that says “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out Because I was not a socialist. Then they came

Every year at my church, a group of parish members prepare a night for the homeless to spend the night in the church. I believed this was a perfect way to get involved in my community; therefore, I decided to find a way I could help. I brought a meat and cheese tray and interacted with the children that night. One child in particular seemed to like me. The first thing I noticed about her was her innocent brown eyes and subtle smile. I sat with her all night and quietly listened to her while we colored. My new little friend, Jamila, had a story to share with me that I found to be breathtaking.

People often perceive kindness in different ways, some think of the smaller things and some the larger. Acts of kindness are like wonders of the world they make it a better place. For example mountains some see this grand rock that the sun reflects off of in the morning and others see a glorified piece of rock. Smaller acts of kindness are just as important as bigger ones. Usually when one thinks of the word kindness some act or person comes into mind and my person is Leticia Chavez a.k.a Ducky.

Recently, the East Sac County Middle School started a kindness act in an effort to spread kindness. The students have spread kindness throughout their school in a number of ways. One of these efforts include the seventh grade chain of kindness, which is a system where students write down a genuine act of kindness on a paper ring and hang the paper ring on a chain throughout the hall. The 7th grade chain stretched down the entire 7th grade hallway demonstrating the numerous random acts of kindness carried out recently.

A couple years ago, I noticed something while my mother was taking me to the mall. It was an indigent man with a sign stating “Help me”. Often as a child, I wanted to assist needy individuals around me. This seemed like a substantial opportunity to make that into a reality, I opened my car window and held out change. He came running and took the money while uttering the words “God Bless You”. This hit me hard. I thought about this for a while and it occurred to me that we take our lives for granted, but don’t realize that millions and millions of people cannot enjoy life because money is an immense need. In third world countries, there are not enough money and facilities available. Being born and growing up in Canada, I didn't realize that

This close knit community has family roots in the community that date back many generations. With that being said, the problems within the bigger society may go unnoticed within this community, because their way of life is all that they have ever known. I find that it is very important to teach my students the importance of kindness and acceptance. Through the use of literature and carefully planned out discussions, my students are able to construct their own meaning of what it means to be kind and how the words they use affect others. This in turn, empowers them to not only recognize when others are being treated unfairly, but they have the knowledge to do something about it. This is just one example of teaching children how to identify social problems and why it’s important to solve them. When students understand the importance of taking a stand at an early age, they will be more motivated to continue taking stands and making these important social

With the world being more globalized than ever, it is surprising that you hear less and less about the kindness of people. if people would be as close to each other as they were mobily, they would be kinder and enjoy themselves more! It makes you wonder if humanity is becoming more selfish, even with more interesting ways to communicate. Luckily, there are still ways to hear about good deeds. For example, I read the book Chicken Soup for the Soul, by Jack Canfield over the summer. One of the stories, called “Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks”, by Dottie Walters. She was running a page of ads through her local newspaper, and was having trouble getting an ad with a very popular drug store. But she didn’t give up, and finally got it, and now runs an advertising company of her own! This gave me the courage to not give up this summer when I was helping an injured duck.

Nevertheless, all we need is special assistance from the unexpected. A woman named Maggie Doyne does exactly this service to children and women from Nepal and was honored through CNN when she was titled the 2015 CNN Hero. This news article website I found on CNN was published on the 13th of January, 2016. The article explained how Maggie dove into her babysitting money she had saved over the years and traveled to Nepal with a vision of betterment for these families. She invested her savings into the building of schools for the kids, a women’s center for the moms, and a children's home. In this story it came to my attention that there is so much on our God given plan that we do not know about. We must not lose faith or hope in our God because when we least expect it we will be helped in ways and through people we have never anticipated. And that is the meaning of life, for it to be a mystery as Jesus and God is to

Treating others with kindness benefits everyone involved. For example, in the story “Angel in Disguise”, the author states "We'll keep her a day or two longer; she is so weak and helpless," said Mrs. Joe Thompson…” She was starting to open up to Maggie and realize that she loves her as if she were her own child. This helps lift Mrs. Thompson’s sprits and shows her that she can feel feelings. This shows how being kind to Maggie made her a more loving person in the end. Additionally, in the article, “Teaching Kindness,” the author states that “As minds and bodies grow, it’s abundantly clear that children require a healthy dose of the warm-and-fuzzies to thrive as healthy, happy, well-rounded individuals.” This is proof that children need kindness