World Kindness Day on November 13th.. an opportunity to make the world a kinder and more compassionate place

Arab Weather - On November 13 of each year, the world celebrates the World Kindness Day. On this day, participants try to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting good deeds and pledging to spread kindness, either as individuals or as organizations.

World Kindness Day was first launched in 1998 by the Global Kindness Movement, an organization formed at the 1997 Tokyo Conference of like-minded kindness organizations from around the world. There are currently more than 28 countries participating in the celebration of World Kindness Day, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and others.

World Kindness Day provides an opportunity to reflect on one of the most important human principles and unite the world on it, to create a kinder world by inspiring individuals and nations towards greater good deeds.

World Kindness Day Actions

The goal of World Kindness Day is to spread kindness even with small gestures, the main tradition of the day is to be kind and try to encourage others to be kind to overcome hate, whether it is about helping someone with the housework, or dedicating some time to asking About someone and caring for someone, or giving kind words to someone who needs them, or helping a neighbor, or you can donate books, food, and clean clothes, and there are countless acts of kindness, kindness and kindness is one of the laws of existence in this life and we all have to master it.

Kindness and gentleness in Islam

Conditions, kindness, and patience are qualities that God Almighty loves in His faithful servants, because it makes those who have been close to the souls, loved to the hearts, “And the good is not equal, nor the bad, the one who is good, then it is good, then the best of you. And none receives it except those who are patient, and none receives it except those with a great fortune (Fussilat 34-35).

The texts came in succession, endearing kindness, urging it, and emphasizing that it is a high morality that should prevail in the Muslim community, and characterize every Muslim person who lived in this society, aware of the provisions of his religion, and enlightened with his guidance.

We calculated that kindness is one of the supreme attributes of God Almighty that He loves for His servants in all matters, and that He, Glory be to Him, rewards Him for His bountiful gifts what He does not reward for another creation. He, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “God is kind and loves kindness, and he gives for kindness what he does not give for violence, and what he does not give for anything else.” Narrated by Muslim.

And the Prophet’s high guidance praises kindness, so the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, says: “Gentleness is not found in a thing except that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.” Narrated by Muslim.

What does it mean to be nice?

One in four children in the United States experiences bullying in school on a regular basis - teaching kids to be kind to everyone and stand the pain of bullies turns them into brave, kind adults, and kindness is contagious. When people see someone else being nice, they are more likely to act themselves Also kindly towards others.

And of course there are health benefits to being kind. People who are kind produce 23% less cortisol (the stress hormone) than others, due to lower levels of stress, so people who practice kindness age more slowly than the average population. Emotional warmth also releases the hormone oxytocin, which dilates blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure.