Examples from life for essay 15.3 on the topic: Kindness (OGE in Russian)

Can kindness hurt a person?

Sometimes doing good deeds gives rise to conflicting feelings in a person. This may happen if:

manifestations of kindness are regarded as a self-evident social phenomenon, therefore a benevolent, sympathetic attitude is required from the individual;
regular disinterested help, which remains without gratitude, depletes a person’s personal resource;
if a person always helps others and does good, he risks becoming a victim of manipulation;
excessive virtue and the desire to help when it is not asked for can offend a person, imposed care causes irritation;
Unsolicited advice spoils interpersonal relationships;
the desire to help a person cope with his difficulties deprives the sufferer of the opportunity to apply his own knowledge and skills to solve a difficult situation;
When helping a friend, a person often assures him that everything will be fine, but these are empty words that may not correspond to reality (it turns out that the good helper gave his friend false hope, deceived him, disappointed him);
some false good-natured people blackmail their victims with kindness;
the desire to help loved ones is fraught with falling into codependent relationships.

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Is kindness a sign of strength or weakness?

Society is a dynamically developing system. Simultaneously with the development of society, a revaluation of values occurs. Several centuries ago, kindness was considered a sign of purity of soul, nobility, good manners and selflessness. But today the situation has changed. Nowadays, a kind person who readily rushes to help others and does not demand anything in return is considered a naive eccentric. Such people are often manipulated, so sometimes kindness is considered a weakness. To prevent this from happening, a kind person should not solve the problems of friends and relatives, but should help them find ways to solve their problems.

G.H. Andersen "The Snow Queen"

The foreign storyteller Hans Christian Andersen wrote about the eternal struggle between good and evil. In his fairy tale “The Snow Queen,” the writer demonstrated the conflict between the Snow Queen, who personifies evil, and Gerda, who embodies good principles. The girl was not afraid of the difficulties and obstacles that stood in her way of life; she set out with sincere desire to search and rescue her friend Kai. Gerda did only good deeds, so all those she met along the way tried to help her find Kai. The girl's kindness, her sacrifice and sincerity help her defeat the Snow Queen and rid her friend of the evil spell. G.H. Andersen illustrates that in the struggle between evil and good, the forces of good win. Gerda dared to go against the Snow Queen and stopped her evil intentions towards the boy Kai.

Kindness Day

Kindness Day has been celebrated for more than 20 years in different countries around the world.
Every year, the list of countries grows. This holiday was created so that every person understands the power of good deeds, because today there is a lot of malice, betrayal and anger. People need to be reminded that by doing good, we get limitless opportunities to strengthen our own spiritual development. Today, 28 countries around the world celebrate World Kindness Day. This holiday was founded on November 13, 1998. The main idea of the Japanese organizers of the “Worldwide Kindness Movement” is that every person has kindness, which can unite and unite all of humanity. All participants in this movement believe that doing good is not difficult and useful, because in the end it will return to each person many times over. On this holiday, people are encouraged to give flowers, say pleasant and kind words to each other, and organize events dedicated to kindness.

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Benefits and Advantages

Kindness helps people coexist in peace and balance. It is important and necessary because:

Helps to develop inner strength, as with its help good deeds are performed.
Gives you the opportunity to understand the actions of other people, and not judge them.
Helps make the world around you and yourself better.
A person becomes more open and accepts various life situations more easily.
Receiving a surge of internal energy.
The ability to analyze which actions are kind and which are dictated by profit or selfishness.

If you imagine a world in which there is no kindness, mercy, nobility and compassion, then the picture seems sad. People are likely to be constantly at odds with each other. The theme of a world without good has been repeatedly raised in literary works, philosophical treatises, and films.

V.G. Rasputin "French Lessons"

Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin also discusses the topic of good and evil in his story “French Lessons”. The story centers on the life of a boy whose mother lives in another city. It’s quite difficult for the narrator; he often goes hungry. His teacher Lidia Mikhailovna, who teaches French, sees that the boy is in a difficult situation, so she decides to help him with the help of a game of measuring. During the game, the school director comes into Lydia Mikhailovna’s room. The next day, he decides to fire the teacher, who committed a pedagogical crime by playing measuring games with her student. In the story “French Lessons” it is not for nothing that the story is told from the perspective of that same boy. V.G. Rasputin shows his attitude to what is happening. The narrator respects his teacher, who, at the cost of her own work, shared her life wisdom with him. After all, the main thing that she did for the student was not helping him financially, but teaching moral lessons that would allow him to answer what kindness and mercy are. The boy remembered Lydia Mikhailovna’s lesson for the rest of his life; now he knew: in any situation it is necessary to remain human.

Is revenge necessary?

Revenge is the destiny of a weak personality, a negative action that is aimed at causing harm to someone who previously offended you. When faced with injustice, every person has a feeling of resentment, frustration, and then a desire for revenge. This concept is viewed from several angles:

the individual must defend his opinion and the interests of others;
By taking revenge, we fall to the same level as the person who committed the bad deed.

Before retaliating and fighting for a fair relationship, first think about whether it makes sense to cause harm in return, and whether you want it at all? Maybe the best solution would be to reflect for a while and then forgive, rather than suffer from remorse later. However, this is a choice that everyone makes, guided by their own desires.

The degree of moral or physical damage is of great importance. It is easy and simple to forgive everyday quarrels or professional discussions, but it is very difficult to earn forgiveness for serious harm or caustic insults; it will take a long time. People believe that ignoring and showing indifference to negative attitudes is an expression of weakness and disrespect for oneself.

Remember that every choice we make can lead to some consequences. Having taken revenge, the individual will satisfy the desire and punish the offender, but at the same time demonstrate negative behavior.

In this article, I explained what kindness is, defined the concept of a “kind person” and described what he is like. Good deeds and polite behavior contribute to the formation of a positive assessment of society. Relatives, acquaintances, friends, colleagues will always give you a helping hand as gratitude for your generosity and support.

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Essay 2

Kindness - what does this word mean? Who can be called a kind person? We will always ask ourselves about this, argue. Because kindness has no clear definition. These are internal sensations, and each person has their own. We can only say that kindness is something bright, it warms the heart and soul.

What does this word mean to me personally? I believe that kindness is sincere expressions of mercy, empathy and care. A kind person can never harm anyone, on the contrary, he reaches out to help, he does not feel sorry for anything for others. I also think that goodness should spread to everything around. Be it a person, an animal or a plant. I will try to prove my point of view using arguments from literature and real life.

Reflecting on the presented topic, I immediately remembered the work of the Russian writer Anna Nikolskaya “Vadimka’s Tears”. This story tells the story of a boy Vadim, whose mother ordered him to drown the puppies. However, Vadim could not do this: “tears came to his throat and began to choke him.” The boy realized that although the puppies were just born, they did not understand anything, but they were alive! On the advice of a friend, the main character took them to the hunter, because he had a dog: “maybe the old man will take yours.” This is true kindness - the value of someone else's life.

A wonderful example is Boris Ekimov’s story “Night of Healing.” The work introduces readers to a young man named Grisha and his grandmother, Dunya, to whom he came for the holidays. Every night Baba Dunya dreams of the hardships she experienced during the war, and she screams and cries in her sleep. The grandson was thinking about how to help, because just the memory of the tears of a loved one hurt his heart. Grisha’s mother advised him to simply shout “be silent” so that his grandmother would stop making noise, but his heart “was filled with pity and pain.” The boy knelt down and began to calm her down. After which he went into the kitchen and cried, these tears “came from the heart,” Grisha felt sorry for “baba Dunya and someone else.” After that night, he didn’t tell his grandmother anything, it was necessary, it was her healing.

In this story, the boy constantly shows the kindness of his heart: when he helps and sympathizes with a loved one and when he feels pain about what Baba Duna and other people once had to endure. You cannot call a person kind if he is not able to sincerely empathize and does not want to help in difficult times.

In this topic one cannot do without an example from life. It is worth mentioning a fairly well-known story that took place in the village of Bailovo (Bulgaria). A beggar grandfather named Dobri walked every day to the capital (a distance of about 10 kilometers) to beg near the local temple. He never took the collected money for himself and lived on a modest pension. Grandfather gave donations to others, once even paid the bills of an orphanage that would have simply closed. This is one of the most striking examples of kindness in life, when a person is willing to give to others without having much.

Based on all of the above, we can conclude that my position is correct. Kindness is all the most sincere and bright feelings. When a person cannot do wrong in spite of everything, he perceives other people’s grief and pain with understanding and truly wants to help.

"Anti-protests" caused by Westboro Church

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is primarily known for its anti-gay stance. Representatives of this church are often seen at various high-profile military funerals. They organize pickets there, holding banners with various defiant slogans.

One can only imagine what happened when this highly controversial church suddenly announced that its protests were nothing more than an attempt to stir up the public.

For example, when Vassar College students learned that the Westboro Church was planning to picket their LGBT-friendly campus, they immediately organized a counter-protest.

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Project Linus has local leaders in each state and volunteers called "blanketeers".

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Nelson Mandela invites his jailer to his inauguration

Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage during apartheid South Africa, after which he spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island.

Nelson Mandela

When he was finally released in 1990, he had no desire to take revenge on his former captors. Moreover, he invited one of them, a white man named Christo Brand, to his presidential inauguration, which took place in 1994. Brand was also invited to the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela. Another of Nelson Mandela's jailers, James Gregory, also talked and wrote a lot about his friendship with the famous political prisoner.

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