Lending A Helping Hand

How a small act of kindness can change ones day!

This I believe: do random acts of kindness everyday, it makes you feel happier. I have learned this through personal experience. My parents have also been an influence on my actions because they taught me to treat other people with respect and to be kind to even the rudest people.

One day at school, I had my backpack and a huge school project in my hands. To my surprise, no one would hold the door open for me even though I was obviously struggling. After attempting to open the door with my project resting on my bent knee, a small girl from my school ran up to me  and held the door while I walked in. Her simple act of kindness made me realize how easy it is to make people’s day with such little effort. From that point on, I decided that everyday I would try to randomly help people that look like they are in need of a helping hand.

While on vacation, as my mom and dad were shopping for groceries in , I wandered off to find some free samples of food. As I was eating a free Bagel Bite, I noticed a frail old woman trying with all of her effort to get a case of water on her cart. Without hesitation, I walked over and grabbed the heavy case out of her hands and placed it into her cart. She looked up at me with a look of relief and shock because she didn’t expect a young teenage girl to be the one helping her out. She was so pleased with the help I had lent her that she asked me if I could also grab some other things for her.

I feel that if helping other people with my little acts of kindness makes me happy, it must make the people I help feel even better. So make your day bright and special....lend a helping hand.