An Essay About Being Kind

For as long as I can remember, I have always tried my best to be a decent person. To me that means being honest, friendly, nice, and most of all, kind. I never cared about being cool, whatever that is. However, as time went by, I noticed that being cool was a trend. Everyone sought to be cooler than the other, and sometimes this meant doing the opposite of what I had always assumed to be right, being mean or hateful. This makes no sense to me. In my life I have gathered countless memories of when being kind was just a cool thing to do. Along with that, I’ve read about how being kind was the new cool, and have experienced these moments in life that truly taught me that being kind was just the way to go. Now, kindness is praised, and being praised for anything is genuinely cool. Also, being kind is more than just how you act all the time, it is how you react to certain things and situations, how you deal with your problems. Kindness is cool, and I can prove that through my own personal experiences.

A person of a good or benevolent nature or disposition. In other words, someone who is affectionate, friendly, and considerate. However, with these traits come its opposites. People who are rude, cruel, or hateful. Now, let us take a look at what “cool” means. I think there are a few definitions for the word, but essentially it would just mean someone that is laid back, easy going, and a person that people would want to associate themselves with. This brings me to a question, would you rather surround yourself with someone who is friendly and kind or someone who is hateful and rude? Of course you would rather hang out with the nice, decent person. This leads me to believe that being a kind person can be thought of as a natural cool, since people would rather associate themselves with someone who is courteous and graceful because they feel accepted and genuinely happy around that