Assignment
Write an essay about kindness.
Choose any three consecutive days. During that period, practice absolute kindness toward any and all with whom you interact. Go out of your way to be courteous and thoughtful. Identify specific individuals, both close to you and interpersonally more distant, and identify acts of kindness that you can do for them-and then perform those various acts of kindness. During this period of time you are to say and do no unkind thing. Rather, act for these three days as if you were a Gandhi, a Jesus, a Socrates, a St. Francis of Assisi, or a Mother Theresa. Then, write a short 3- page essay describing the lessons you learned, how they may relate to anything you have read thus far, and what commitments-if any-you have consequently made because of what you have learned.