The Random Acts of Kindness Project
By Daniel Koh Harvard Business School, Class of 2011
In this era of unprecedented cynicism and doomsday scenarios in politics and the media, it’s easy to believe that we live in a world charged with negativity. Call me naïve, but I’ve seen far too much goodness in my short time on this Earth to believe that that is the truth. Observing the good that people do in their everyday lives provides an undeniable source of reassurance in our faith in our fellow man. Allow me to illustrate.
Three stories of random acts of kindness stand out in my memory. None of the protagonists are exceptionally heroic; they could be any of us. But each of these stories demonstrates the impact of human kindness.
The first story took place many years ago as I was walking home from high school with half a dozen friends, fresh off our last day of exams and free for the winter holiday. Passing by a cemetery on the route home, we noticed an empty paper coffee cup lying in the frozen grass in front of a gravestone. We all saw the litter and noted it with regret but kept walking, focused on the celebration ahead. A few steps later, however, we noticed that one member of our group, Justin, had disappeared. We looked back to see him run toward to the graveyard, hop the fence, pick up the coffee cup, and throw it away in the trash can on the street corner.
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