Essays about Kindness

There are three traits necessary to live a great life in America. One trait is to live with kindness, to ourselves and others. Another is to live with faith, whether a greater being or ourselves. And lastly, we must live with simplicity. A great life is one with kindness. As Edwards said, we “must not…

When in trouble, a natural reaction is to seek help from the privileged, who have more resources, financial or material, to provide assistance. However, often they don’t truly understand how dire a situation is because of their background. Because of this, Ma Joad suggests in John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath to “go to the…

For many years it has been debated whether mankind is good or bad. Although there are a lot of reasons why humanity is good, evil overrules. Acts of kindness have never overpowered an act of Evil. It’s often seen on the news of all the bad happening while on the other hand, acts of kindness…

There I stood at a large and familiar gray building as children with backpacks started to board buses and wait for their parents to pick them up, my old elementary school. The sun was high in the sky and it felt hot and humid as I stood there at the grey gates letting the sun…

There area unit several nice precepts within the world. A precept is another word for a maxim that you just live by. Whenever i believe of a beautiful precept I detected, it’d be one that goes like: ‘When given the selection between being right and being kind, select kind.’ from the book surprise, written by…

Oh heart! Why not utter a kind word to that cripple beggar you pass by everyday. I still remember that sunny day in 3rd grade when my mom was sick and couldn’t make me lunch, lunch time approached, everyone enjoyed their juicy tender meals while I was too shy to ask anyone to share, so…

The quest of otherworldly rapture, or in the search of peace, the term kindness is often thrusted into the mainstream throughout the years. Since childhood, adolescents are told by their elders to act kind and behave kind, typically meaning to give politeness in order to receive it. However, the word contains a deeper meaning that…

The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.” In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We gather this afternoon for the annual celebration of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme for this year,…

Kindness according to The Oxford Dictionary means “The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate“ but However Kindness to me means to conduct oneself to everyone in a way that you would like to be treated. It doesn’t seem important who the person is, how they appear. You also shouldn’t need a reason to be…

Positive interventions have previously been shown to have a positive effect on those involved in these types of activities. This investigation hypothesized that performing kind acts and noting gratitude would have a positive effect on happiness as measured by self-esteem. Further, it was predicted that differences would be observed based on several factors: experimental condition,…