Kindness

Buddha teaches us that all of our suffering and negativity comes from our mind and not our external world. Although we typically agree with this point of view we continue to search for happiness outside ourselves, thinking if I had the right job, the right car, the right relationship, then I will be happy. We try to change all of our external conditions but we remain unhappy. Buddha taught us that we need to train our mind to be happy until we have reached the full enlightened state of…

hero, or a person who makes a good role model, needs four qualities: courage, tenacity, humility, and kindness. The first trait that defines a heroic figure is courage. This characteristic has been displayed, although in different ways, throughout history and by various cultures. For instance, the Greeks often held courage as an esteemed trait among their mythological figures. In the legend…

The setting of this novel, Wonder, by R.J. Palacio is set in present day Beecher Middle School. It’s located in Upper Manhattan, New York near August’s home. The mood in this story is hopeful. Auggie wants to feel ordinary. Even though going to school is a big change, he knows that it was the best choice. Going to school is a huge change for August Pullman, the main character. Up until August started Beecher Prep, he had been homeschooled by his mother. Auggie is a 10 year old boy with…

offering them any alternatives. The exchange between him and the egwugwu is much less respectful. Rather it is derogatory and humiliating, and depicts how the White man views the superiority of his own religion. Christianity is meant to be a religion of kindness, but here there is none of that. Umuofia, Okonkwo's village, also never went to war until it the Oracle had given them permission to do so and there was a valid reason to do so. Even at the end of the novel as Okonkwo and the rest rally…

later Ellen gave them a reward (Body Cast). Ellen gave this woman 1,000 dollars for being kind. Surprisingly the lady said she didn’t want the money, because she believes in being kind to be kind not for a reward. Ellen still rewarded her for her kindness with the money. Another example would be when she had her producer, Amy, go to IKEA as a pregnant lady and knock over her cart and see who helps her (IKEA). Therefore, everybody can help anyone, they do not have to be someone in terrible…

Malala and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The characters stand against the violent ways of resolving conflict even though violence is happening around them. People should respond to conflict by not being violent, but instead showing compassion and kindness. The reason there is conflict in I am Malala and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is because they do not know what the other person feels like. For example, In I am Malala the Taliban are saying that girls should not go to school, but Malala…

there are bad people in the world that want people to die in pain. The kindhearted ones, truly want to make the world a better place. We need the courage to stand up to the people who wouldn’t support this. Kindness is more difficult to achieve than courage, so when you can find the ultimate kindness in your heart to do something as strong as world hunger, the courage to do so comes naturally. Unfortunately, no one has taken charge to finally end world hunger. If my wish magically came true,…

On this journey, an individual witnesses himself climb through cultural barriers while strengthening his/her religious believes along with building a strong outlook on life. Through Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Miriam Toew’s A Complicated Kindness, it is evident that although both protagonists from the text are affected by from these influences over time in different ways throughout their journey of life, they eventually go through the process of self-growth leading to the realization…

Purpose of an Education promoting shalom Mercy Ann Ranjan Introduction: Looking at the root Hebrew meaning for shalom we see in the Old Testament, the root word is found in many Semitic languages. The Akkadian salamu comes closest to the root meaning “whole or complete” (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 1992, pp 206). According to the New Testament, it is referred that the Hebrews tended to use the term primarily for interpersonal or social relations where it comes very close to meaning “Justice.”…

Children in her class were always curious about her and asking her so many questions. The American children were very kind to her, and the children’s parents were always kind to her, and her family. Dumas loved America, she loved and adored the kindness the people treated her, and her family with. She loved meeting new people. But, some of the children were not kind and just teased and irritated her by saying “ I ran to I-ran, I ran to I-ran”(Dumas,91). But she never let them get away with it…