Random Acts of Kindness - Why?
Why not be kind all the time?
Random acts of kindness
Sound so good, so joyful
Random acts of kindness
Just to get the follows
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Random acts of kindness
Just to get the likes
Random acts of kindness
Random = engagement
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I'm not saying it's wrong
I'm not saying it's great
It makes your content viral
It makes you an online hero
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It's fun to surprise a complete stranger
But what about the people you care about?
It's exciting to show a random person you care
But what about being kind all the time?
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Specific acts of kindness
Sounds a whole lot better
Systematic acts of kindness
Sounds like a better plan
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Meaningful acts of kindness every day, not just when you see a homeless man, woman, or child or queue for fast food or groceries
Heartfelt acts of kindness when there are no cameras around or viral opportunities when giving really means more than receiving
Deliberate acts of kindness regardless of how many followers you have and how much money you have, when the result is a thank you, tears, a smile, and maybe a hug.
Concerted acts of kindness without all the hallmarks of modern, badly veiled narcissistic altruism.
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
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Comments (10)
Great message some people choice to ignore
Better to be kind than merely to act it. No apologies necessary. You have my appreciation for what you have said.
I read this then reread it twice, starting from the ending on up. I felt it both ways, the latter in a way that I had to re-experience. I like piece a whole because it need to be seen.
PREACHHHH!!!!!! I wanna print this and paste this everywhere around the world! It should be a worldwide rule!
Oof. I felt this one. You articulated this so much better than I ever could! Great work.
OMG. I recently wrote a rant about this. It’s part of that 75% of writing just for me and not meant to be read by others. Felt good to get it out. Felt even better to read your poem and resonate with it so deeply.
Paul. YES. Gahd this is so good. You articulated this so well and packaged it so efficiently! Powerful gut-punch to any who do kindness for the 'gram/tock. My favorite line was your transition line: "Specific acts of kindness..." Amazing pivot. So strong and crisp. Beautiful. Also, your subtitle cracked me up, especially in juxtaposition to your title - love them both! Awesome piece. Thank you for writing this 💙
This is spot on. I completely agree. I abhor those posts that starts something like, 'Today I brought a homeless person a Oreo...' And everyone claps like seals, feeding their ego and telling them what an amazing person they are. How about silent acts of kindness?
This is so sweet. Kindness is so important. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Just touching base letting you know I'm still very much here watching the rate you are uploading material! Now I don't have that kind of time, energy or conviction to reach 300 plus items in 7 days or something! LOL But I sure do like having you on my list to help keep me focused on the changes and results that are going to come once I finally reach that point! I enjoy having someone who is prolific like me on here whose work I can always rely on being able to turn to, and find something new and inspirational that I can take with me and run with it into my creative world and see what it inspires the results of to post on my Vocal page? I like the challenge that as I post up old stuff that I continue finding moments and time of inspiration to write NEW THINGS! And there is where you are on top of things to help me and others like me commit to doing the same! We cannot just rely on our success coming from the decades of hard work we've already done, but also focus on and be reminded to keep going for the decades there are to come to keep on being the writers we are! Anyway I just wanted to share that thought with you! :-) Now how is that for an act of Kindness, does it pass your test? Sincerely, Your New Vocal Friend! Jennifer!