Someone dragged a coin along the bonnet of a car belonging to a friend of mine. He took it to a smash repair company near his work for the scratch to be touched up. When he went to pick up the car‚ he was surprised to be told that there was no charge. A little overwhelmed by it all‚ my friend mentioned that if he ever had an accident‚ he would bring his car to that establishment for repair. The owner replied‚ "Sir‚ I hope you never have an accident." I have made it my goal to do something nice
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During one of my Online Facebook sessions‚ I was watching a video on random acts of kindness called “Validation”‚ it reminded me that performing random acts of kindness like simply complimenting people is something that I need to incorporate more into my life on a regular basis. I actually had a warm feeling inside knowing that many people have done so many kind things to me. I too have done many kind things to others; but‚ I had still not decided to incorporate this small thing into my life. I immediately
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people become happier through kindness intervention. The relationship between the character strength of kindness and subjective happiness‚ and the effects of a counting kindnesses intervention on subjective happiness Happy people to perform on their motivation‚ recognition and enactment of kind behaviors. They have more happy memories in daily life in terms of both quantity and quality. Subjective happiness was increased simply by counting one’s own acts of kindness for one week. Happy people became
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS Day of the week Target Act Monday Someone in my homeroom I helped a person in my homeroom by telling him that his bag was wide open. When he realized that his bag was open‚ he had gotten a smile on his face and he did give me a smile for helping him. I also felt really different and positive because after helping anyone makes you feel that you are a good person and that negativity is something that doesn’t really suit you. Tuesday A family member I washed the dishes
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Acts of kindness On March 19‚ 1994‚ I experienced firsthand how one random act of kindness could touch my heart‚ ease my fears and leave me with a renewed faith in mankind. I was living in Billings‚ Montana and was moving back home to Kennewick‚ Washington with my six month old daughter. It was a 670 mile journey. I drove a little blue Ford Festiva and had it packed to the point where I didn’t think anything else could fit in it. It was a beautiful sunny morning when we left on our journey
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we just can’t seem to think of a way to make the world a better place to live in. However‚ we can change the world by doing “small things with great love” as Mother Theresa once said. We can slowly improve the world by being kind. What is kindness? Kindness means that we recognize that others are fragile--that we have the ability to hurt or heal them--and we choose to be healers. When we are kind‚ we don’t take advantage of our power or of other people’s weaknesses. Instead‚ we try to comfort‚
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have the potential to turn a life around.” (Leo F. Buscaglia) A simple act of kindness can ease one’s fears‚ touch one’s heart‚ and rekindle one’s faith in humanity. Kind behavior is among one of the most significant features a human can possess‚ however‚ as our lives become cluttered with all the burdens of our society‚ it becomes easy to lose track of what we live for. When my teacher presented the three acts of kindness project to us‚ I started to question whether I have been selfish or selfless
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by Harper Lee has a powerful theme of loving your neighbours as yourself no matter who they are. People are often judged by their social class‚ gender or even race‚ and Harper Lee tells us how the world is unjust. But the story also shows that there are loving ways to approach people and situations. Just like with Calpurnia and the Finch’s or Mrs.Dubose good things always come out of acts of kindness. Equality‚ love and kindness are key attributes to loving your neighbour as yourself. Calpurnia
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midnight‚ Richard Loving a white man and Mildred Loving an African American woman were awakened to the presence of three officers in their bedroom. One of the three officers demanded from Richard to identify the woman next to him. Mildred‚ full of fear‚ told the officers that she was his wife‚ while Richard pointed to the marriage license on the wall. The couple was then charged and later found guilty in violation of the state ’s anti-miscegenation statute. Mr. and Mrs. Loving were residents of
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Assignment 2: The Statutes- Pace v. Alabama & Loving v. Virginia Ashlee R. Hall PAD 525: Constitution & Administrative Law Dr. Lee January 29‚ 2012 Was there ever a period in history where interracial marriages and sex among people of different races was considered illegal? As absurd as this idea sounds‚ the answer is yes. Astonishingly‚ less than 40 years ago marrying someone of a different race was considered illegal. Black people could not be with white people- it just
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