...Essay on kindness Right said 'Mark Twain'. Kindness is the universal language that is comprehended beyond the boundaries. Each and every individual understands and speaks this language. An act of kindness never goes futile. If you are kind to someone it will reflect in your and his behaviour. Being kind to others instils a positive feeling and makes this world a better place to live. Kindness is one of the seven virtues. It can be defined as the righteous and caring attitude towards other. But the definition of the kindness does not limit to these two words only. Kindness is a complex term to comprehend yet simplest to realise. Showing kindness towards others gives a feeling of joy and mirth to the recipient. The doer is also satiated by the feeling of warmth and compassion. Kindness is the basic driving force of the nature. The nature is so kind to us that it helps in flourishing the civilizations. The rising sun and the wandering clouds are all the miracles of nature only. Though, the perspective completely changes with the scientific reasoning, yet everyone agrees that the whole cosmos conspires to sustain life and hope. Kindness is taught by every religion. Be it Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism or Islam or any other religion to name, all teach to express kindness towards others. The term is not only restricted to human implementation. But cruelty against all the living creatures is a sin. Even the mute animals wave their tail as a return gesture to kindness shown...
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...Henderson lives his life based around mercy. Not only does Sydney experience mercy, but it's portrayed among others throughout the novel. During this essay my altercations will be based on, “Why this section is called Mercy”. Reason #1: Sydney shows Mercy towards everyone: Sydney's upbringing caused him to show mercy towards his enemies. At a young age Sydney experienced constant violence and negative public criticism. His father was sent to jail and the Henderson name was looked down upon harsh judgement and accusation ever since. In result of Sydney experiencing so much blame and accuse as a youth he promised himself that “he would never raise his hand or his voice to another soul.” (23-24, Adam Richards). Ever since he was the age of twelve, Sydney lived by his promise to show forgiveness towards the ones who betrayed or showed wrong against himself or his family. In Sydney's early years of marriage with Elly, Cynthia Pit accuses Sydney to be the father of her baby. Sydney shows mercy towards Cynthia by keeping quite and not taking a blood test after the child was born. When Diedre whyne approaches Sydney about the situation, he says, “I will not participate in the shame of one and the ridicule of another for my own welfare.” (40). Cynthia does not deserve the dignity Sydney gives her, yet through this act of kindness, she still allows the community to continue criticizing him. Earlier along in this section, Sydney shows mercy towards Mat Pit and Connie Devlin...
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...Mad in America…or just Mad. The healing hand is commonly known as a “mothers touch;” gentle, pure, healing. But what exactly is the healing hand? According to sources the healing hand is when “the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands of the practitioner to the patient:” (Medicaldictionary.com) The healing hand of kindness is what Robert Whitaker entitles the second chapter of his book Mad in America. (Whitaker, 19) No, the healing hand is not the topic to my essay, but it is the first step in coming to terms with the why this chapter is just mad. When you combine two terms, both in relative meaning, it turns into a contradiction. The healing hand is kind. Kindness is a friendly act toward another. So where is the contradiction? The first section of the book describes accounts from a man names Benjamin Rush, from his book Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind. (Whitaker, 21-22) It describes patients being treated as animals: beaten, sedated, and verbally abused. (Whitaker, 22) This was the healing hand for many patients until 1793 when, as the book describes, was the lunacy reform in Europe. “Moral treatments,” and I use that phase sparingly, included, one pound of bread a day, extreme heat and cold weather in concrete cells, and sedation. Physician Philippe Pinel thought by talking to his sedated patients he was connecting with them, understanding their sorrows. He described this new...
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...Definition Essay Being truly beautiful is not just what you look like; true beauty lies in the way people act and think, rather than the way they look. True beauty cannot only be found in people, but also in places. Beauty is a very broad term. People as well as places can be beautiful. Everyone is unique in his or her own way, and I for one believe that that is simply beautiful. Beauty is defined by a combination of qualities present in a person that pleases aesthetic senses or brings about deep satisfaction. True beauty is an amazing characteristic to have. Unfortunately, the definition of true beauty can sometimes be shaken and distorted by society. Society often deems celebrities as perfect and beautiful. Society’s expectations of beauty are all wrong. In society’s eyes, you are only beautiful if you have an amazing body and your hair and makeup always look perfect, but they have it all wrong. Beauty does not have to mean the outside appearance. True beauty is what is on the inside. For instance, someone who is genuine, friendly, and giving can be very beautiful even if she or he does not have the perfect body. Appearance is only part of the definition of beauty. For example, Taylor Swift is an all around beautiful celebrity. On the other hand, Kim Kardashian does not really fit the beautiful term. This is because Taylor is beautiful on the inside and outside while Kim Kardashian was only made famous because of her appearance and wrong doings, not her talents or personality...
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...just define or explain in a simple essay or a few words. We are considered by some to be the most complex idea in the universe. What creates a human is a mixture of abstract ideas and thoughts: People have the ability to create original ideas, love, have independent thought and to be completely unique from any other thing or human anywhere at any time. The human race cannot be defined because there is not one human that can be closely compared to another. First, the human brain is said to be the most complicated object in the known universe: Humans have the ability to understand our solar system and what lies in it, but not what is in our own head. The amygdala is a small part of our brain that controls our...
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...I believe that definition of love varies for different people. So this is what I am going to define it as in this essay. Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. With that being said for this essay I will define Infatuation as a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration. The tension from these two words comes from the poem A Woman Killed With Kindness One. The two words has tension in this poem because it is hard to tell weither he is feeling love or infatuation. For us to fully understand which one he is feeling, I will discuss in this essay the differnces between love and infatuation. Then will explain which one I believe he's in this essay. I will begin with talking about infatuation. The main thing that I would like to begin with is infautuation is selfish. The only thing that, that person is trying to do is fulfill that lust and desire for themselves, not matter if the feelings that the other person has differs from theres. Its a selfish unctrollable desire. It's bassically a reckless commitment to satify their needs by being with this person. For example, a part where i felt he was reckless was when he wanted her to tell her husband. "Go, tell your husband; he will turn me off, And I am then undone". The effect of infatuation is being controlled by brain chemistry, not the heart, loss of ability to make rational evaluations of what is true, valuable and worthy. The result that comes after infatuation...
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...ESSAY WRITING STEP BY STEP “Write an essay? But I don’t know how!” If you are unnerved by the thought of writing a college essay, remember that this task can be accomplished in the same way as any other—one step at a time. An effective essay is the result of careful thinking, planning, writing, and revising. If you work hard on the first two steps, the last two will be much easier. Your goal is to produce an essay whose content is focused, well-developed, and clear. THINKING (Many decisions must be made before you actually write anything down.) 1. Consider purpose: The general purpose of your essay will usually be determined by your instructor. To be sure you know the specific purpose of your particular essay, complete this sentence: “The purpose of my essay is to ….” Example: General Purpose: Describe in detail an important characteristic of a person you know well. Specific purpose: The purpose of my essay is to describe my mother’s kindness toward her family, friends, and co-workers. 2. Consider audience: The identity of your audience will determine how much background information will be necessary and what terms need to be used or defined. For example, an essay written for nurses on care of the elderly will include less background and more technical information than an essay written for the general public on the same topic. Unless directed otherwise, you should write for an uninformed audience. Even if your...
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...Final Examination Consider the following in a 2-3 page thoughtful essay. Refer to the readings that you have done in the course of the semester to substantiate your ideas. What is charity in the Christian tradition? How has your understanding developed in the course of the semester? The first thing I would like to say is that the word 'charity' is from the Greek charis, meaning grace or divine gift, and the Latin caritas, meaning dearness, affection or loving kindness. In Christian tradition, charity means unlimited loving-kindness toward all others. Charity is acts of benevolence and caring both within, but especially outside of one’s own social and economic group. This act of benevolence and caring is particularly directed toward a person of a lower social or economic class. Throughout my readings I learned that Christians believe that God’s love and generosity towards humanity moves and inspires us to love and be generous in our response. Charity is not an optional extra, but an essential component of faith. Jesus taught that to love God and to love neighbor are the greatest commandments and that our neighbor is not just someone local to us they can exist anywhere in the world. My favorite story was that of the Good Samaritan. Jesus made clear that our neighbor may be someone on the other side of the world, who is not ‘one of us’ but different. Because of our...
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...throughout one of the whole world’s mainly horrific tragedy – the Sichuan tremor that occurred on May 12th 2008. This company particularly produced Peace Panda, it is a Panda Bear which was a bun shaped having 4 dissimilar terms which symbolized the fear of the 6.8 scale quake as a helping hand for helping the tragedy. The company gave full part of the earnings from the transaction of “Peace Panda” to the Embassy of China and ‘China Earthquake Appeal Fund’ of Red Cross Society’s. This act of CSR confirmed their pioneering way to utilize their merchandise as an instrument to elevate fund. It in a roundabout way helps in improving the business media exposure and may also create a profound thought into the spirit of its consumers as it depicts kindness and empathy. With the endorsement and commercials of the “Peace Panda”, it also facilitates to increase the earnings also. Corporate Social Responsibility also magnetizes potential workers. Many workers often have a preference to work with corporations with alike principles and this guide to an enhanced work approach and superior output. Worker’s managerial obligation and job agreement might both boost when they understand that not only does the corporation focal point on getting superior...
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...Nursing Philosophy Essay Transition to the BSN Role To cut to the chase, so to speak, I have never had any other thought of what I want to be when I ‘grew up’, other than that of a nurse. I apologize in advance, as I am certain my essay’s opening statement mimics that of many you have read before. My childhood experiences from having sutures placed after a nasty fall, a tonsillectomy and having arthroscopic knee surgery all left such a strong impression on me as a child, that I simply never considered any other path. Instead of playing house or any other games, I played hospital. I envisioned myself as the nice, cheerful and comforting nurses that took care of me, as well as my parents. I believe many of us in the profession have some commonality amongst us that bonds us and make us the great nurses we are, because we truly love what we do. With that being said, with this paper, I will discuss nursing definition and my philosophy of the nursing profession. The definition of what nursing is, is quite the hot topic lately. In light of the controversial incident on the television show, The View, there is much publicity on our profession at the moment, The basis of this controversy is the hosts critiqued a monologue by a Miss America contestant. In lieu of the traditional talent performance during the pageant, her spoken monologue described her profession as a nurse and what it meant to her, As part of the controversy, her representation of nursing as...
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...2/21/2015 2/21/2015 James Turner Philosophy-1101 James Turner Philosophy-1101 Philosophy of Life And Other Essays By. B.J. Gupta Philosophy of Life And Other Essays By. B.J. Gupta B.J. Gupta gets right to the point in his book “Philosophy of life”. He does not use outlandish sentences and problematical paragraphs to explain what he is saying. The book starts out by his explanations of philosophy, and Gupta gives two examples of what philosophy meant in the past and what it means nowadays. Back when philosophy was developed a philosopher had been considered a thinker, and it did not matter on what subject. Nowadays, a philosopher is a thinker of non-materialistic subjects like knowledge. Those subjects like science, history, and economics have their own sets of thinkers labelled scientist, historian, economist etc. Gupta is saying that philosophy used to touch on many subjects, and even though these other subjects are not called philosophy, philosophy is in their DNA and always will be. (Gupta, p. 1) Then Gupta gives an example of “Philosophy of Life” he got of the internet, which is “Any philosophical view or vision of the nature or purpose of life or of the way that life should be lived”. (Random House, Inc., 2015) He does not give his own definition on the subject, but he does go on explaining that everyone has his or her own outlook on the philosophy of life, you do not have to be a philosopher to have an opinion on the matter. Some outlooks...
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...literary devices The six literary devices used in the article “The fight against evil is far from over” are; theme which was based on evil. The author chose this theme to give an idea to the readers that doing evil means that you’re doing harm to someone, intentionally and unjustifiably. This theme was effective in this essay because it was a universal theme, it’s something anyone can relate to and very common. Analogy and ideology was used to compare how during a century’s first half, that it was “ideology that fuelled the lion’s share of human destructive-need.” The author chose analogy through the usage of personification to tell the readers that in the other half, other forces have taken that place of ideology as their primary source. Those forces were religion and nationalism. Euphemism was used through diction in this article. “...euphemistic term: we aren’t sending someone to a gas chamber,” The other used this word very effectively to bring out his point kindly about how he doesn’t want to get rid of people because there evil, so in other words destroy an entire population, “we are engaged in “ethnic cleansing””. 3) Which of the three essays do you think is the most insightful/accurate/interesting/helpful? Why? The article that I’d say that was insightful and...
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...Philo. 5 Finally Essay Questions 1. Ethical relativism is the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles, that all moral principles are valid relative to culture or individual choice. Thus it means what's right for you may not be what's right for me. So most probably, ethical relativist would have tons of different opinions among the 19 people and me. Some might think to protect themselves are the truths, thus they would kill Freddy. Some might regard that we are friends, so we could not betrayed each other, thus, as a result, people would not kill Freddy, and instead, all of the persons in the caves would be drowned. In Philosophy, egoism is the theory that one's self is, or should be, the motivation and the goal of one's own action. It advises us to love ourselves first even if it means hurting others. So in this case, if there are ethical egoists in the group, for these people, whom love themselves greater than anyone else, would blow Freddy out decidedly. Because if and only if they kill Freddy, thus it makes them sure for surviving from the rising tide. The definition of utilitarianism is that a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of its consequences. Also we can understand this meaning as a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number. So in this case, utilitarian would mostly...
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...characters O’Connor has created, especially the Misfit and the grandmother. * Exercise a variety of critical thinking and analytical skills in order to form ideas and opinions about O’Connor’s story and her writing strategies. * Practice reading comprehension and summarization. * Employ and practice writing skills in an essay assignment. Necessary preparation: The teacher should have familiarized him or herself with Flannery O’Connor’s life and work before the lesson by using the links provided below. It is also important that the teacher review definitions of the terms characterization, irony, and foreshadowing (see below). Students are expected to have read Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” as well as her essay “Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction” (1960). This lesson plan is designed to be split into two days of class, but if the teacher judges that not all the material is necessary or that it can be covered in one period, the lesson plan can be done in one day. Introductory activity – Day 1: For today the students should have read both O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and her essay on the...
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...PHL 210: Introduction to Philosophy Final Project: Is there such a thing as a Soul? 6/5/2014 The topic that I have chosen for my essay is, Is there such a thing as a “Soul”? Is the soul something different from the brain? Does the soul survive after our physical death? There has been much speculation on if humans truly do have a soul, if the soul is the same as our brain, what happens after we die? Does our soul continue on to become something else in an afterlife? What do different religions believe happen in the afterlife? Do we stay the same just without our physical body, or is it really the end? The definition of a soul as defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary is ("Soul," 2014): 1. The spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and in many religions is believed to live forever 2. A person's deeply felt moral and emotional nature 3. The ability of a person to feel kindness and sympathy for others, to appreciate beauty and art, etc. When thinking of the difference between the brain and the soul. The soul is one nonphysical dimension of a person. A human person is a spiritual entity that has an involvement with a particular physical body. The brain is an essential organ that is of more than usual interest and is one part of the embodied dimension of the human body (Willard, 2002). There are many variations as to what occurs when our life comes to an end. In each religion there is some form of afterlife, some of these ideas...
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