My sophomore year I was part of a group call the kindness committee. Our group’s goal was to spread kindness around our school campus. We did this by making posters and starting a game that challenged our classmates to do certain tasks like “Give 5 complements today‚” “Sit with someone new at lunch‚” and “Say hi to someone new.” We started this committee in our leadership class‚ obtained our goal‚ and continued spreading kindness the rest of the year. While doing all of these activities
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Even though there are good people with decency and morals‚ most everyday acts of kindness are not given attention unless they occur after a disaster of some kind. That is why I disregard good as being the overall quality. We have to teach young children not to act bad or indecent‚ so by birth are we are evil in nature? However‚ this idea
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Definition of Beauty Many people have heard of the old saying that “beauty comes from within.” Although beauty is difficult to define due to differential views‚ the majority of people may agree that it is a person’s personality that makes them beautiful. According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary‚ beauty is“the quality of being physically attractive.” Although this definition is somewhat true‚ it is not all that defines the term. Due to a new uprising in pop culture‚ beauty is now defined only
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should be family and community. Focusing on material and physical needs‚ such as food‚ shelter‚ clothes and relationships‚ these are what are important. “To repay resentment with kindness – how about that? The master said then with what should one repay kindness? Repay resentment with uprightness. Repay kindness with kindness.” Hawai’i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture‚ pg 49. Confucianism views of human nature can be assimilated in how one should act; and when one strays‚ how to educate one’s
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Gods). Athena was the goddess of many things including wisdom‚ crafts‚ courage and war. She dedicated her time to inventing things that would prove useful to people. Athena was the greatest Greek goddess because of her extravagant birth‚ her wisdom‚ kindness and courage‚ and her
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introduce himself to the DeLacy family‚ the way that man judges people primarily by appearance is evident. Since DeLacy is blind‚ he does not judge the monster as horrible and speaks to him with kindness. But when Agatha‚ Safie‚ and Felix see the monster talking to DeLacy‚ their reaction is one not of kindness‚ but fear‚ as "Agatha fainted; and Safie unable to attend to her friend‚ rushed out of the cottage" (Shelley‚ 109). Felix’s reaction was one of violence as‚ in the monster’s words‚ "he dashed
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Macbeth as being too moral to commit any heinous offenses; moreover‚ when she first receives his letter describing the witches’ prophecy‚ she claims that "[Macbeth] is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way" (1.5.4). In stating this‚ Lady Macbeth is noting her husband’s kindness: she is‚ quite literally‚ calling
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In McCarthy’s book‚ The Road‚ McCarthy is able to illustrate not only the setting of the book‚ but feelings‚ expressions‚ and actions‚ by various literary devices. Although he brought into play several devices such as: imagery‚ tone‚ metaphors‚ and a couple of similes‚ the most significant would have to be symbolism. Symbolism is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. The author may constantly use the same object to express deeper meaning. Symbolism is also
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believes in a religion or not‚ and whether one believes in rebirth or not‚ there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.” I am certain that the family who went through this horrible incident will look despondent in the total bedlam and lament losing all of their possessions. The family definitely needs help. As part of the community‚ we must show irrepressible kindness and caring. But we ought to be careful not to beset more problems. Here are some ways that we can help the family
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In this way‚ the novel is very biased and shows how the government did not help its people but make their lives harder. And the novel also showed that the only kindness people with nothing were shown were from those that also had
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