2. Are you willing to help out a stranger? Why or why not?
3. Do you think it possible to be a true friend to someone whose name you don’t know?
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— Albert Einstein
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What gives me the courage to face challenges in life and move on optimistically is the showing and receiving of kindness and the pursuit of the good, the beautiful and the true. Humans tend to seek worldly possessions, fame, success, and luxury in life, but these things don’t interest me at all.
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Watch the following video clip “Simple Acts of Kindness — Give it a try ” and then complete the tasks that follow:
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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Study the following quotes about kindness. Which quote do you like best? Why?
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Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following brainstorming questions.
1. You are now living on campus. How do you get along with your classmates?
— George Sand
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Kindness is a virtue that we need to cultivate and value. With kindness, we know how to give selflessly without thinking about our losses. With kindness, we know how to lose and gain honourably.
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite objects of human efforts — possessions, outward success, luxury — have always seemed to me contemptible.
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1. What are the simple acts of kindness presented in the video cl•ip?a teenager gives his seat to a middle-aged woman burdened with several bags; • a man offers to pay for a young mother with a baby in her arms whose credit card is expired; • a woman offers her lunchbox to a homeless person; • a young man lets an exhausted mother take the parking space he’s been waiting patiently for; • a woman gets a card with heart-warming words on it.
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Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Interpretation: If you want to perform an act of kindness to help others, just do it now before it is too late.
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