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This I Believe
Kayla Yohe

Mrs. Cramer

College Comp 1 Pd 4

1 May 2020

The world and this generation needs more kindness. Kindness is something that is

extremely important to me and something that people don’t initially think I can give out. Before

people get to know me, they just tend to automatically assume I am a stuck up, rude, and moody

person. Bringing a smile to someone’s face because of something I can say or do, is the highlight

of my day, any day. Being kind is such a simple phrase people say, but it is an ideal that goes

into deeper depths than some think.

Growing up, I was always being told how important it is to be polite, how to use proper

manners, and how if one has nothing nice to say; then to say nothing at all. When people think

about being kind, they think of being nice. However, it can go further than that; when I think of

being kind I think about the little things: complimenting someone, holding the door for someone,

checking up on someone you may not even necessarily talk to just to make sure they are okay, or

giving out to those who may not have as much as I do. No two people are the same. Everyone is

different in their own way, but that does not mean they have to be treated differently solely

because they do not look or have the same opinions as me.

While being kind is something I love giving out, it is also could be better for everyone’s

mental state. Why would one want to be rude and bring others down? I could not explain that.

Making comments about someone’s weight, how they dress, what they look like, talking down

on the way they think, are all examples of artifacts I strongly disagree in. Throughout middle
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school, I didn’t honestly get along with a countless number of people. I was broken down into

my worst form. That was when I truly realized how much damage it can take on me when some

just tries to tear me down. It has shaped me into the person I am today, and I would not change

that for a thing.

There are multiple side effects to being kind. It makes a significant difference in

relationships, it can emotionally and physically make me and others feel better, and positively

radiate someone's mood. Therefore, I believe and will continue to believe and try to make an

impact on others on why kindness is so important and how such a small implement I can do can

make a difference.