I have decided to change the title of my kindness activities from "acts of kindness" to "acts of good," because I realize that what I am essentially doing is good, not kindness, though they can at times be slightly interchangeable. I am actually performing good- I am helping out, doing things for others, and, at times, I hope I will do good for myself that will benefit other people or other things in the process, though that might not be classified as kindness. For example, if I do something for the Earth, it would be helping the Earth through good, but it wouldn't necessarily be an act of me being kind to anyone.
I also realized that in doing these acts of good, I will not be going through a day thinking, "Oh, I need to perform an act of good today- what should I do?" I will be simply going through my life normally, attempting to do these acts of good naturally, and then at the end of the day remembering the events of the day and finding something that was an act of good. If there is none, then so be it.
-Cora
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