This picture depicts something that is missing from our society.... Random acts of encouragement. In a society plagued by bullying you should take the time to compliment at least one person per day. If everyone did this we would live in a happier and healthier place.
I love this idea Michael!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with this statement! being a victim of bullying as most people in high school are these days, it would definitely brighten everyone's day and lives if we pointed out the positives of people instead of negatives. Giving someone a compliment once in awhile can actually save people's lives, think about it, more and more teenagers are being diagnosed with clinical depression, eating disorders, and self harmer's. If you brighten those peoples days with a compliment, then that could change there whole perspective of life its self.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Carissa, I recently did a project about bullying and as I looked at some statistics I was surprised by the numbers and percentages of people being bullyied. I knew that bullying was a big problem but I didn't realize how many people suffered from depression and other disorders because of it. Teenagers decide to end their lives everyday. I'm sure that giving someone a compliment can actually change their lives sometimes. We all should be nicer to people because simple actions, like a compliment or an act of encouragement, could mean a lot to someone who's going through a hard time.
ReplyDeleteBecause of my love for psychology and also my love for people in general, i often cannot help but find myself trying to understand each individual better. I do not take much for face value, and look for the motives behind a person's actions and behaviors. Particularly, I attempt to uncover the reason behind an individual's hateful actions towards someone else.
ReplyDeleteThese actions usually include talking badly about someone behind their back, when they are unable to defend themselves. After seeing this time and time again, I have concluded that this all boils down to one thing: jealousy from low self-esteem. Everyone is guilty of saying something bad about someone else at some point in their lives, and everyone has likewise experienced low self-esteem at one point or another; these are traits we all have in common.
For example, a person could talk badly about someone and say that they always get high test grades because they play on the basketball team, and the teacher loves basketball. Whether or not this is a true statement, the individual is talking behind the student's back because they are unhappy with their own performance in the class. Perhaps they feel as though they work harder than the other individual, but do not receive the test grades to prove it.
There are many more examples of this behavior, but the moral of the story is that everyone, no matter how their situation appears, experiences feelings of inferiority. Instead of finding faults in others that can be used against them, we should find people's strengths and highlight them. This will circulate love rather than the ominous hate that we see in today's society.