Over time the world seems to have become more and more negative and divided. This needs to be put to an end. Maybe we can’t just go and change the entire world, but by starting small and united the staff and students of Higley High School we can get a head start. We need to unite Higley. There are hundreds of thousands of tasks we can do to spread kindness and unity throughout the school and eventually the world.
Positivity. There is a power in positivity, it can be easily contained or spread. I propose that we chose to spread it. We can do this by recognizing positivity when it is present and then sharing it with as many people as possible. It is easy for us to get caught up in the negativity of an unfavorable situation, but if we can learn …show more content…
Sometimes it’s the littlest things that can turn our day around. By doing little things to brighten peoples days without expecting anything in return, we can make a huge impact. Have you ever been in the drive-through at Starbucks and when you try to pay for your drink, the cashier tells you that the person in front of you payed for your order? I was with my mom when this happened to us. It completely made our morning and we decided to pay for the people behind us’ order. The cashier told us that we were about the tenth people to pay for someone else’s order just because one person decided to be kind and do a random act of kindness. Kindness can spark a chain reaction. At my old school we did something called Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel Scott was a victim in the Columbine shooting. She had written an essay about starting a chain reaction of kindness and seeing how far it could go. In her essay she wrote “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.” Rachel Scott has impacted thousands of people and has inspired people to be kind. I hope to inspire you to do the same. You do not have to do something big to make a big impact, you just have to show a little
Positivity. There is a power in positivity, it can be easily contained or spread. I propose that we chose to spread it. We can do this by recognizing positivity when it is present and then sharing it with as many people as possible. It is easy for us to get caught up in the negativity of an unfavorable situation, but if we can learn …show more content…
Sometimes it’s the littlest things that can turn our day around. By doing little things to brighten peoples days without expecting anything in return, we can make a huge impact. Have you ever been in the drive-through at Starbucks and when you try to pay for your drink, the cashier tells you that the person in front of you payed for your order? I was with my mom when this happened to us. It completely made our morning and we decided to pay for the people behind us’ order. The cashier told us that we were about the tenth people to pay for someone else’s order just because one person decided to be kind and do a random act of kindness. Kindness can spark a chain reaction. At my old school we did something called Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel Scott was a victim in the Columbine shooting. She had written an essay about starting a chain reaction of kindness and seeing how far it could go. In her essay she wrote “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.” Rachel Scott has impacted thousands of people and has inspired people to be kind. I hope to inspire you to do the same. You do not have to do something big to make a big impact, you just have to show a little