Kindness is one trait every individual desires to be treated with by others. It is , after all, the state of warm welcoming that helps us assimilate in a society. Besides, no one likes the feeling of getting rejected by a particular group based on their different backgrounds, culture, physique and/or experiences. The only way that perhaps heels this rejection ,due to the difference's in an individual, are the acts of when an another individual presents and treats others with their acts of benevolence. This act then also sheds a new light on an other individual's perspective, and gives them the knowledge to assert what they think is right for them to obtain their objectives.
I love seeing others at their best. I care for an infinite number of people and often put others before myself. If the cost of someone’s happiness is for me to lose some sleep, stay up late with them, purchase a little surprise, or send them an encouraging note, it is all worth it to me. A time I was kindhearted was when I volunteered my time to help the Oklahoma Democratic Party. At the Carl Albert State Dinner, I served as an usher get a behind the scenes look at what helps the party run.
The great and courageous Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others? " I deem this to be a vital question that everyone should ask themselves. I wholeheartedly agree that serving others expresses embracement and impacts your community in a positive light. Therefore, I've made it my duty to be thoroughly involved in my school and throughout my community.
Maner and Gailliot (2007) raised questions of the connection of what promotes prosocial actions in helping within a community. They considered students emotions and how they were motivated in the study. The relationship of empathy and helping in the research by Maner and Gailliot (2007) also considered if the one helping was associated by kin or a stranger in the scenerio presented. Maner and Gailliot (2007) reported empathy was linked to willingness to assist an unfamiliar person; but the ego of the person helping was connected to more self-centered thoughts of how they were being perceived when doing the prosocial act. This emphasized the relationship entity of the research in that the motivations attached to prosocial actions are influenced
I certainly do, but service is to be about how you act towards others without gaining anything in return. One way I have done so is by helping at my local food pantry or by volunteering to help set-up and take down tables at Ducks Unlimited Events. Those these events may be small or may come with little to no compensation, I find that the reward is in giving and allowing others to feel safe in taking what you have to offer them. Speaking of safety, have you ever dealt with a rude leader that made you feel your opinion was unsafe. Maybe it was a group project or worse your boss.
When it comes to service I take it as a way to give back to my society and help the people around. I always baby set for relatives and neighbors and I clean public places from trash. I always try to help the students in my school and I am always there to help with anything. I might to not be enrolled in big programs or clubs for volunteering but what I do are not hours on a piece of paper that will make me look good when I apply for college.
People will be a lot less selfish when act of kindness goes around because they can learn from people around them that, if we all help out each other we can make this world a better place. Being nice to someone is like domino effect; when person being nice to someone and that person will pass down that act of kindness to someone else. I personally love to give compliment to people because I feel like I am encouraging that person and also knowing that someone is pleased because of what I said to them. Complimenting, smiling or holding doors for people are few of the ways you can help makes people days better, take a few seconds of your day to help out someone can change people views on the society. As a result, act of kindness encourages people to become more selfless and helps people see the big picture.
It only takes a little bit of kindness to start a chain of change in this world. In the liberty mutual commercial, a young man not paying attention almost walks into a busy street, a lady who sees him, grabs his arm and pulls him back. This is a huge example of being kind and it benefited his life, and possibly the drivers life too. Also, the movie “Pay it Forward” is a movie about a boy who does random acts of kindness and instead of being payed back, wants it to be payed forward to another person.
I have felt that I have experienced impact of kindness in the Fairview community I live in, by working with the autistic kids in the elementary school. I have not only felt like I have shown kindness to these kids but in return, I have seen these kids show kindness back. I have had an amazing experience these past three years working with the autistic kids in the elementary school. For me showing kindness is putting yourself in someone else 's shoes and putting aside your own selfish desires. Kindness does not have to be giving or doing something for someone else, but kindness can be as “little” as showing interest and investing time in another 's life.
Most of the time I have no choice but to spend from my own pocket to reach places and people who desperately need my help. I have realized that some drug addicts will not come to me for help; therefore, as a social worker, I will dedicate my time to visit them, talk to them and offer them rehabilitation and help. Similarly, when going to areas stricken with poverty, I will have to bring along things like foodstuff and clothes to offer the poor. Voluntary service helps to change people’s perspectives on life and makes them feel obligated to achieve something good as ‘payback’ to the volunteers who help them without asking for pay. Therefore, by doing voluntary work, I will be making a big difference in the society.
If I had the authority to change my community in a positive way, I would attempt to label kindness and good deeds as what is expected, rather than attention-seeking ploys. I find it especially irksome to see how my community as a whole only does anything for attention. This is wrong. I believe that people should do everything out of love and kindness, and be selfless. One of my favorite bible verses is 1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done in love.”
Simple acts of kindness have the ability to change peoples perspectives on life and the people have the potential to change the world. In the article “Teaching Kindness” the author states, “kindness is a key ingredient that enhances positivity and helps children feel good about themselves as it increases serotonin levels.” I believe that children being shown kindness is very vital for up and coming generations. The new generations of the world have witnessed several things that aren’t acts of kindness, they were just rude. Children are very influential with peoples actions and they essentially absorb things like a sponge.
We go through our everyday lives performing random acts of kindness but sometimes we fail to notice them. Over the last five days, I have documented some of the acts of kindness that I already did but failed to reflect on them after. Some of the things that I noticed was the reactions people had after being nice to them or asking them how their day was going. Their reactions were mostly positive, but sometimes they looked at me kind of weird and gave me very brief answers. Not all of my acts of kindness were towards others, I added some personal acts of kindness because they helped me relax and decompress.
Volunteering is a way of helping others. It is giving a person 's time and ability to help someone who may be in need of help. Not only does volunteering help others, but what they may not know is that it can be helpful to themselves. It is a great way for someone to interact with others in their community. It gives someone that time to themselves while also creating bonds when they are doing the greater good.
The power of kindness is often times something society underestimates. I believe the power of kindness is undeniable and unfathomable, and grasping this concept can seem almost impossible. One cannot begin to truly fathom the power of kindness until they witness it firsthand. As a waitress, I come across all kinds of people; bubbly, self-deserving, and well-rounded individuals have all come into my place of work and sat at one of my tables.
