"It’s very important for people to remember that anger is powerful. So is selfishness along with cruelty. However, kindness overpowers all. You may think your kindness makes a difference for other people only, but it doesn’t. What comes around goes around, and your act will be returned. Your most important reward is knowing how much you just helped someone in need. You feel satisfaction knowing that you might have saved someone’s day, week, or even life. What you have really been given is the most precious gift you can receive, the gift of kindness. Everyone is capable of being kind. Everyone can help. The real question is, why don’t we? This should not be a question. Kindness should come automatically. It should be common rather than a rarity. We can make this happen and do something kind today."
Sometimes I feel like everything in the world could be going wrong all at once. I feel so overwhelmed and frustrated. I think that nothing will ever go right and that I should just give up, but I believe that if I stay strong in all that I do, I can overcome anything. Anything is possible if you believe. A few days ago I was struggling with a lot of things in my life. My school work was piled up with essays and projects and I had multiple exams to take. I needed to pack for the weekend because I was leaving to go visit my family. On top of all that, I had four of my good friends, back at home in California, pass away. It was really hard for me to understand why all this was occurring to me all at once. I felt like I had done something wrong and because of that my whole life was going insane. I wanted to give up on everything right then and there. For a while, I didn’t care much for schoolwork or for my exams. Even knowing that if I failed ...