Random act of kindness

message. From my perspective, this message that the play wished to convey to the audience was the definition of true friendship. For instance, this can be seen through the two friends working through differences, surprising the other with random acts of kindness, and helping to realize the other’s hopes and dreams. I thought it was quite an important lesson for young children to learn and apply in their daily lives, especially as they grow older.…

meets that person's criteria. When people hear the word hero most of them suddenly think of superman, batman, or the hulk. As we get older we appreciate everyday heroes like firefighters, police officers, army men and maybe a person who does a random act of kindness just because. When I think of the word hero, what comes to my mind is my sister. Heroes have many characteristics and qualities that make them heroes. No she didn’t save someone from drowning or rescue someone from a burning building…

This week I have completed my personal activities. I had 3 activities to complete one being Random Act of Kindness, The second being Nurturing Relationships, and the last Taking care of your body. I was glad to see the scores I got, it gave me activities I am passionate about, but also need to work on to better myself. The first activity I had was Nurturing Relationship. With being in a long term relationship this is something that is important to me. I believe it’s important to nourish a…

the good of another”. (Merriam-Webster.com). When you are able to love in this manner you will improve not only your life but the life’s of others around you. Acting in an unselfish manor allows you achieve a greater feeling of self-worth. Acts of kindness are not kind when something is expected in…

stave off depression and increase your sense of well being. Best of all? Kindness is contagious, he says. “When we behave kindly toward others, we create a very strong norm or expectation that others will respond, ahem, in kind.” In other words, when we are kind to someone else, it is very difficult for them not to be kind in return. Of course, unkindness works in the same way. So our behavior can trigger a virtuous cycle of kindness, or a vicious cycle of…

What can define the kindness of strangers? How they look or talk? Or just who they are as a person? How can you tell if you are actually getting help, or just getting pity? Can those two things really be the same thing? After all help is help no matter how you get it. Think about these question as I evaluate both “Angela’s Ashes”(McCourt) and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”(Twain). Being poor is always hard, and being poor in Limerick, Ireland during the 1930’s seemed to top the cake in…

she states, “Concentrating too much on technology and the self harms the ability to understand other’s emotions” (Saidi). This lack of understanding can be resolved with more social interactions. Technological advancements can cause individuals to act violently towards each other. Violence on television, social media, video games, books, and fictional scenarios can easily influence people; cutting down on the broadcasting of violence can cause a calmer society (Saidi). Less violence and more…

At the dawn of America, the question of why society did virtuous deeds remained a notorious fact. Either a colonist followed a Puritan belief, that God expected him or her to live a holy life full of virtuous works and kindness, or he or she followed a humanist life geared toward man’s potential and present earthly life. Today’s America, though, has become a divergent place. Numerous proletariats argue that the general public of the 21st century remains driven to treat others empathetically,…

“Donuts4Dan” is an event where the volunteers offer free doughnuts to the passersby all the while performing random acts of kindness. The department now holds this event annually to commemorate Dan Kiesling, a respected industry leader and faculty member at MSU. Unfortunately, he passed away after losing his battle with cancer, but the Animal Science Department hosts this…

Norms are how values tell us to behave, says our textbook. Thus, paying attention to our societal norms can help us discern our societal values. Some groups uphold an ethnocentric norm by speaking xenophobically about other cultures, judging them as “weird” for shallow reasons. In order to view the world accurately, one must instead practice cultural relativism-- that is, suspending judgment from one’s vantage point and seeing that each culture must be examined according to its own values.…