A Beloved Community Essay

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This week I had the opportunity to demonstrate my acts of kindness and love towards a member of the community who I have never spoken to before. The feelings that I obtained after performing the action were inexplicable. The action began when I was waiting for my sister to get off from school. Usually, when I get out of class early I have the habit of picking her up so that she does not have to walk home. Every time that I have the chance to pick her up from school I usually wait for her in the car outside of the school’s parking lot. When I wait for her to get out of school, I tend to work on some homework in order for the waiting to not feel like an eternity. This week when I was waiting for my sister like usual a situation presented …show more content…
For instance, the article titled “A beloved community” also talks about leaving the race and nationality differences and show our love to others. One example is this quote which talks about making Americans share their values and love towards others. “We can help more Americans recognize that the best way to insure our peace and security is not by the “axis of evil” but through a revolution in our own values and practice. That revolution must include a concept of global citizenship in which the life of an Afghan, Iraqi, and North Korean is as precious as an American’s.” When I read this article this specific quote stood out to me because often times when we walk on the street or someone politely asks us for help the “axis of evil” makes us have too much pride in ourselves and that strong pride does not let us perform an act of kindness towards someone who in that moment needs our help. While continuing reading the article I came across this quote that suggests all of us to not demonstrate our acts of kindness and continue practicing our “public love”. Grace Lee Boggs author of the article “The Beloved Community states that “finding the courage to love and care for the peoples of the world as we love and care for the peoples of the world as we love and care for our own families: becoming the change we want to see in the

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