The video of The Kindness Effect - It’s Contagious! posted on Godtube depicts the positive effect one act of kindness can have on a community. Initially, a boy on a skateboard falls off, but he finds himself being helped by a construction worker. This motivates the boy to then help an elderly woman with her bags, leading to a chain reaction of kindness. The camera follows many individuals as they continue their altered daily activities, leading many to be more connected to one another, and more happy. Eventually, the construction worker who initially started the chain reaction recieves a glass of water from a waiter affected by the chain.…
Conversely, the act of selfless giving for the right reasons – to help others – is more likely to create long-term positive change. Due to the fact that she acts selflessly, even most times to her own disadvantage,…
There are those in the world who would risk their lives for those worth living. Selflessness is a good trait to have, putting others before yourself. However, some people take it to the extreme, even risking their own lives to help save those of others. Most people take it to the point of giving away their food to help those who aren’t fortunate enough to have any, or by doing kind actions like giving away clothes. “If the cause is great, one will often neglect his own needs and wants to better provide for the needs and wants of others.”…
Often times, articles and advertisements that encourage people to donate always appear to be faulting people for have enough. Like Peter Singer stated in his article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”: “In the world as it is now, I can see no escape from the conclusion that each one of us with wealth surplus to his or her essential needs should be giving most of it to help people suffering from poverty so dire as to be life-threatening. That 's right: I 'm saying that you shouldn 't buy that new car, take that cruise, redecorate the house or get that pricey new suit. After all, a $1,000 suit could save five children 's lives” (329).…
Donating to charity is like kissing a child's finger that got pinched in a drawer. It gives the child the false feeling that their finger is fixed, but in reality nothing changed. An example we see of this is in source B, it says “ Charity helps the recipient with their problem, but it doesn’t fix the cause of that problem. ”(Source B, Para 4). The world needs to fix its problems before it can begin to help those that are suffering.…
The way a person is raised sets the path for the rest of their life. Parents have drilled their ideas and beliefs into us since the day we were borne. Beliefs ranging from religion to political views. If we heard anything different than what we were told was right, it was wrong. Once we start to get older is when we as young adults start to make our own opinions, but we still hold onto some of our beliefs.…
Those in need have eternally held a portion of my heart, as their plight has always inspired me to help. Whether it be mere emotional comfort or charitable support, I am not object to the many forms aid embodies. Moreover, the satisfaction I receive as well as the beneficial merits helping others…
Something minor like feeding somebody makes a difference that day but can lead to bigger and better things for that person. All that is needed to be done is to continue to assist the less fortunate until they get on their feet. you need to keep doing it. If you continue to feed people and they eventually make something out of themselves, you have made a permanent change in their life. Therefore, you have made a difference in their…
I’ve never been able to decline help to someone in need. I always put everyone else's needs before my own because when I sacrifice myself in order to put a smile on someone else’s face it gives me peace. Contributing to a cause to make the world a better place is worth the sleepless nights. When one is passionate about helping people it won’t matter to them how long they have to go without food or how tired they will feel at the end of the day. Just this week, I’ve had several occasions where I gladly gave up my time to do people favors or help someone in need.…
America, as a country, has come a long way since it’s founding in 1776. Not only have we had astounding technological and medical advancements, we also have freedom, equality, and justice. These three points, which may not seem like much, is actually the groundwork for our entire country. Living in the United States is a privilege. By having the ability to choose our friends, our religion, and our education, we have chances that other countries do not.…
Two years ago at Santa Ana, I saw a homeless man on a curb next to a parking lot of ABC Supermarket begging for money. I pitied him and reached out 3 dollars in my pocket and gave him my money. He said,“God bless you” and gave me a distinctive smile. I remember to this day,seeing him so happy brought me such joy. The pleasure of helping an unfortunate man felt warming and rewarding.…
In today’s materialistic world, we are told that possessions and wealth will bring us meaning when in actuality they only bring temporary satisfaction and leave us craving more. We are so caught up in satisfying our own needs and wants that we rarely take time to look around us at the needs of others. Even when we do see others suffering, many of us are too busy to help or makeup excuses as to why we can’t aid them in their time of need. We look up to celebrities like Paris Hilton and 50 Cent who lead lavish, wasteful, and selfish lifestyles and often aspire to be like them. Many of these stars give little money to charity, and if they do it’s not publicized.…
If 300 people decided to donate a dollar a day that charity would have 300 dollars every day. Even if i didn 't have money to give i do have time and with time i could do a fundraiser for a charity devoted to helping the poor. In the future i could also start my own charity to help provide stuff such as clean water and food for the…
Volunteering at the homeless shelter is one of my favorite things to do. A few weeks ago, on a serene Saturday morning, my family and I volunteered at Loaves and Fishes. It was special to see just the sheer amount of people who had come out to volunteer on that Saturday. If you think about, they could’ve been doing anything on that Saturday morning. Yet, they decided to help give back to their community.…