Kindness: Being Kind And Kind To Other People

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“It is easy to laugh, it is easy to hurt; it takes strength to be kind and gentle” (Anonymous). It can be hard to be kind to people sometimes but it is always better to be kind to others. In my opinion, kindness is so important to show other people as you never know what someone is personally feeling. Kindness should be shown regardless of what a person looks like. I believe that everyone can be shown kindness, but not everyone can show it. Kindness is the ability to be generous and kind towards others. Kindness to me is the action of being compassionate and empathetic. Kindness has made me a person who expects kindness and respect from others, and it has made me who I am as a person who people will talk to when they need help with anything. …show more content…

In recent times, there are tons of organizations and individuals that were doing their best to help out the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston and its suburbs. The same acts of kindness were shown to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and its surrounding areas. The organizations and individuals helped by donating clothes and food. Some organizations and government provided temporary shelter such as the Superdome in New Orleans and John Olsten’s mega church in Houston. I saw people trying to help the potential victims of Hurricane Irma by donating cloths, toiletries, and other essentials such as shelter for the residents of Florida. For example, Wesleyan College allowed the families of Florida students to stay in empty dorm rooms so they would be safe and away from the hurricane’s wrath. I remember people from other countries trying to help the victims of the horrible earthquake in Haiti a couple of years ago and some organizations are still helping the people out in Haiti. Examples of kindness like these are plentiful such as the relief efforts that are continuously happening in the third world countries of Africa and others throughout the world. In this country, also regardless of traumatic events such as helping the homeless find food and shelter and other non-profit organizations that main focus is to help and show kindness to people in

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