Random Act of Kindness

Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera semua :)

Have you ever been helped by strangers?Have you ever wonder why did they help, or what benefit did they get when they help you, or why didn't they ask anything back from you?

Are we living in a wonderful world?

Oh, yes. Sure we are :)

But, if the world is wonderful, napela banyak betol berita-berita saban hari mengenai pembunuhan, penculikan, rasuah, pukau dan sebagainya?

It's because when it comes to news, people get excited and curious about threats, danger, and absurdity. Things of beauty and act of kindness don't make the headlines. Imagine that you spotted the headlines : 7000 banks not robbed yesterday or 98% of parents are nice to their children; would you say to yourself  "amazing! I'm going to buy this paper now!"

(Petikan dari buku Happiness in Hard Times by Andrew Matthews)

So, kesimpulannya we are actually living in a beautiful world. It's just sometimes we are focusing too much on negative stimulus that eventually remain calmly in our belief system.

That is why there are people who love to help others and perform what we call random act of kindness ;)

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Random act of kindness is an act perform by a person with the intention to help another person or to make the person happy or to make the world better (which means bukan sahaja kepada orang, tetapi juga kepada binatang dan alam sekitar).

It's like a magic, when you do something good to people you will feel good even the act does not directly benefit you. This kind of act can help you develop positive mood and good self-image.

You can start with small actions such as tolong kembalikan barang yang terjatuh ke tempat asalnya bila jalan-jalan bli groceries, atau tolong tahankan pintu bila ada orang belakang nak masuk, atau tolong siramkan pokok bunga jiran alang-alang anda tengah siram pokok bunga anda.

Last few months, my dad was buying groceries when he saw a car knocked a cat with her kittens. Sekor jek terselamat, so ayah saya pun bawak balik anak kucing tu sebab kesiankan dier yang confirm akan kelaparan sebab mak dier dh takde :( and because dah banyak sangat kucing kat rumah kami, maka ayah saya promote on facebook sape nak kucing ni. Later, one of ayah's friends bitau yang anak perempuannya baru je kehilangan kucing and tgh bersedih. So the girl came with her father (kawan ayah saya) and looked so happy bila kami serahkan anak kucing tu.

You see, positive things attract positive things. Memula selamatkan kucing, and now dah happy-kan budak perempuan tu. Isn't that awesome? :)

It feels good to see other people happy. Lets spread happiness vibes together~

Selamat mencuba! :D

Jaga diri~~