community kindness MOHIT SHARMA
Community, what does working towards the greater good of it entail exactly? This is something that can facet many different answers for many different people, and answers will vary among the populous. I personally find that as an actor in the community stage the best we can do is to be kind. Sure this feels and comes off as stereotypical of an answer, and a lot of things will have been said before, but kindness just feels like the missing piece that can work to fix many issues we face. A lot of figures whether they be historic or in media have touted the same message so what I am saying is probably not new, but nonetheless it feels like a bell worth ringing every once in a while. We get lost in the idea that we need to do something of great impact, something worthy of leaving a monument in our honour, but being kind or showing goodness has a sort of ripple effect. But it’s also understandable why this concept feels on a decline more now than ever before. This material culture world that we have created or allowed to be created around us has shelled us in some ways. But one does not need to shatter it all, a revolution as some tote in order to be kind, but use the environment around them to be kind and better for their community. One of the best examples of something like this, and what I will use to end off on, was a piece written by Fred Rogers about the impact of Television, and utilizing it to spread a message of kindness. Mr. Rogers utilized his show to amazing proportions to assure the message of kindness was being spread to the younger audiences, and he worked on that goal amazingly well. I will end with a quote from that piece of his, and it’s words that I implore all to work on and towards,
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