Kindness Reflection

One thing that people today overlook so often is the simple but powerful act of kindness. You can just look at the drivers on the road and tell that kindness is not their first priority. I have discovered that kindness can change the community for the better.

Kindness is an easy thing to understand, a person is nice to someone instead of being mean, but to truly know what kindness is a person has to suffer tremendous pain. In Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness,” she explains that a person has to be brought to to their lowest point and build themselves back up, before the know what kindness really is. They have to witness all the ugly parts of life, see all the bad in the world before they truly appreciate kindness. That person need to figure out who they really are before they know what kindness is.

Kindness comes in different forms, that can alter someone's day instantly. In “Enrique's Journey”, he witnesses kindness from several people in his time of ultimate weakness. Kindness in my life may not be that extreme, but it is appreciated. Even though giant acts of kindness aren't as prevalent as

It’s clear that I’ve underestimated kindness, and poetry, and possibly myself. Generosity makes us all better readers and writers. And people of course, which has everything to do with everything. I write, "Today, I will drink the Irish Sea" because I remain parched, and sometimes

I have been blessed beyond measure in my life with the love and support of my family. It is because of that love and support that I feel a strong obligation to be the best person I can be by working hard and caring about the world around me. Through my volunteer work, I have participated in many fundraisers, food and clothing drives. However, my greatest personal growth has come from more direct acts of kindness that go largely unrecognized to anyone other than the recipient. My first experience meeting someone in very unfortunate circumstances occurred when my mother suggested we deliver meals for an Atlanta based organization called Open Hands. Open Hands prepares individualized healthy meals for very ill people living on their own. Open Hands conducted training on a

Since an early age my personality had been naive and innocent, therefore I presume that everyone is being treated well regardless of where you originated from. In fact, I believed in this belief for a long time. It was not until the beginning of middle school that my belief started to become cloudy. A chance encounter occurs when I was shown a movie in my math class. At the time, everyone took a test and because the total average score of my class was so unexpectedly high that my teacher decided to treat us to a day without note writing to movie watching. The movie started off well and as time went by my eyes were glued to the tv set. But, there was a critical error with the movie and I had thought that I was the only one who notice. So to make sure I took a glance around to see if anyone around would have a confused expression. As it turns out I was not the only one

Mark Twain one announced, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” This quote exemplifies the fact that no matter what, it means so much to just be kind. Considering you never know what is entering another person’s household, kindness is a key to success in not only your only life but millions of others. No matter what, everyone

In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge give the Cratchits a prize winning turkey without the cratchits knowing, once the turkey arrived the Cratchits were so grateful for the turkey. In “Thank You Ma'am” the kindness is in the story when the lady gives the Roger 10 dollars after he tried to take her pocketbook, that is kindness because she did not have to do it but she did. My personal experience with kindness is when I let my brother have 20 dollars for a shirt he wanted, I did not have to give him the money but I did

This small act of kindness has made a big impact on me and was very important for me. Without their help, I couldn't have saved my image among all the national competitors I had to present to. When I look back this, I'm glad to have experienced this obstacle. Though it was stressful, I learned the importance of the act of kindness. Perhaps for them, them it made no difference, but for me, it made a big impact on my day and

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.

The acceptance into the Governor’s Honor Program is my ultimate goal for the 2015-2016 school year.

I received a monstrous amount of gratitude for helping with tasks both large and small. Although I was advised that it was accurate that people should not directly provide homeless people with money because it may end up being used on harmful objects, I became more and more sympathetic to the homeless each day. I learned how to aid them safely and effectively by volunteering in shelters and food pantries and by buying necessities to give directly to people in need. I did feel guilty for my initial feelings, but I was glad that I finally understood what the circumstances were actually like. I became more appreciative for what I had and planned to tell everyone I could about my experiences so that they, too, would feel compelled to lend a helping hand to the

* One thing is always sure when you 're a nice person; people will tend to reciprocate in your time of need because as individuals, we 're bound to face challenges, disappointments and looses at some point in our lives. When you 've been nice to others during their struggles, it 's more likely they will return the favor during your hard times. That is just human nature, most of us feel really motivated to help those that have helped us, i am a very sure bet in this regard. It’s an aspect of me that i strive to do more often because i feel that individual has slightly changed my world with his acts of kindness. This is significantly valuable and it makes us feel important which is something we all want as individuals.

Your book Bamboo People changed how I think about violence and how people are more similar than different. Setting the story in a country that's fighting a war and making the main characters two fifteen year old boys on different sides made the book interesting. As the book continued I saw a friendship forged between the two boys, which made me think that people have more similarities than that they have differences.

Promoting kindness is something I feel is very important. Far too often, people take their own life because of someone else’s reckless speech or behavior. Through my own words and actions, I hope to share kindness. It is an infections action. Sometimes it only needs a small spark before it becomes a raging