By: Brooke Logan
The definition of kindness is: being friendly, generous, and considerate. This is all very much true but if someone were to ask me “Brooke, what is kindness to you?” I would say that for someone to be kind, it is willing to help or even doing something nice for someone all of the time.
Sometimes the smallest things can be the best part of someone’s day, it could be a stranger or even your best friend. And it’s true, the other day my sister walked past my room and said, “Oh Fallyn, your hair looks good today,” I saw her walk away with a smile.
I’ve had a few personal experiences with someone showing kindness to me and one that comes to mind is when I was at my soccer game and I remember walking back to my side and one of the girls from the other team says to my friend and me,” You guys are really good. Good luck,” or whenever the barista at Starbucks tells me that the people in front of me paid for my drink. All of this shows that sometimes, the small things matter most.
During these past couple of months, things have been totally crazy and part of that is because people aren’t nice. They don’t care to hear what the other person has to say because they don’t think that there is any importance to it. This entire situation is a sad thing to see, but it’s true.
While reading this, ask yourself this…Am I kind? Then, be honest with yourself and don’t lie to try to make yourself feel better.
If you truthfully answered no, here’s what I would suggest:
1. Show random acts of kindness. Randomly compliment someone about what they’re wearing or during these times their masks. 2. Do some extra courses around the house without being asked. 3. Call someone you haven’t talked to in a while and see how they’re doing. 4. Hold open a door for someone walking in behind you. 5. Be mindful when you are talking to someone because you never know how they are feeling. 6. Never judge people.
If you answered yes, good job, I am very proud of you.
But then again there is always room for improvement.
The only thing I ask you to take away from this story is to keep an open mind and a kind heart.
Below is a video about peoples actions that are kind versus actions that aren’t kind:
I enjoyed reading this story. It is simple, yet important for people to read and be reminded that little acts of kindness can do more than one may think. Good job.