Often, doing something is more powerful than saying it, mostly known as actions speak louder than words. Most people can only remember the things you do for them, not what you say. If you say that you will help out around the house no one will notice anything until you actually do something. One thing I like to do is to make an effort to reach out to underclassmen to show them that older students can be pleasant to younger ones. Another example of treating people well other than just saying it is, treating others the way you want to be treated.
One example of treating others the way you want to be treated is if you are nice to someone in the first place they will be nice back to you. On the first day of school I saw one of the new students looking lost and I decided to go talk to them and now we are great friends, just because I thought she looked like she needed help. Another example is, I have not enjoyed going to family reunions when it is all adults because sometimes I just like to talk about kid stuff. When we have reunions with my mom’s family, I have a few cousins that are close to my age and I always make sure to make them feel welcome because I know that is what I would want. Another example of treating people well other than just saying it is, people will never forget how you made them feel.
One example of people never forgetting how you made them feel was when my mom was going through treatment for cancer our 80 year old neighbor, Katie, stopped by with grass on her knees and hand picked strawberries and my mom said, “ oh you should not have. Why did you do this?” and Katie said, “ ‘Cause I can.” Katie had recently had her own scare with a possible