If you want your life to (stand) for peace and kindness, it' s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ways to do this is by developing my (own) helping rituals. These little acts of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it (feels) to be kind and helpful.
We live in a (rural) area of the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of what we see is be auty and nature. One of the exceptions to the (beauty) is the litter that some peop le throw out of their windows as they are driving on the rural roads. One of the (few) drawbacks to living out the boondocks is that public services, such as litter collection, are (less) available than they are closer to the city.
A helping ritual that I practice (regularly) with my two children is picking up li tter in our surrounding area. We' ve become so accustomed to doing this that my (daughters) will often say to me in animated voices, "There' s some (litter), Daddy, stop the car!" And if we have time, we will often pull over and pick it up. It may seem strange, but we (actually) enjoy it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. Once I even saw a complete (stranger) picking up litter close to where we live. He (smiled) at me and said, "I saw you doing it, and it seemed like a good idea."
Picking up litter is only one of an (endless) supply of possible helping rituals. You might like holding a door open for people, visiting lonely (elderly) people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow off someone else' s driveway. Think of something that seems (effortless) yet helpful. It' s fun, personally rewarding, and sets a good (example). Everyone wins.
Question)
1. When do you often extend your hands to help the others ?
2. Do you suppose the spirit of Leifeng is outdated?
