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. On day one I started by doing simple acts of kindness that were quick and easy to do but had a very positive effect on the recipients. On the morning of the first day, I went to get some groceries for the week and after I was done shopping and at the checkout, I let the person behind me go in front of me. The person was an elderly lady who had fewer items in her cart so I saw it as a perfect opportunity to do my first act. When I offered to let her go in front she hesitated at first and asked if I was sure, I reassured her that it was fine and she smiled at me and said: “thank you very much young man”. That small and simple act made me feel good …show more content…
While in between classes I went to the vending machine to fix my hunger I was really craving a bag of chips at the cost of $1.25 I didn't have any change so I put in $2. After getting the bag of chip, seeing the I left the change in the vending machine for the next person use. Later that day, while in class I noticed one of my classmates got a haircut recently and I told him I like his haircut he then replied thank you because he felt self-conscious about it. Finally, to end all the acts of kindness, while on my way to my car I saw a random stranger and just