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people whose smiles are worth the kindness run down our river so that
view. we render the banks fertile. “Charity
begins at home .“
If we could stand by our parents and

prevent them from moving into old-
age homes when they grow old by
furnishing them with the soil of love
that they provided to us when we
were saplings, then the delightful
bond between a child and its parents

would remain unbroken. If we could
stand by our grandparents at times of
their infirmity, we could feel their
charm and warmth, and our hearts
would be content to its greatest extent
after all those fairy tales we would
hear from them. The popularity of
nuclear families these days has
extinguished the glowing bond

between a child and its grandparents.

If we can stand by the people whose
lives have been devastated by natural
calamities by providing them with
necessary items then we could cause a
spark of new hope in them. A spark
so little yet so able to cause a fire, the

fire of spirit, and new hope.

If we can stand by the orphans in
orphanages by providing them with
the stairways that lead to a great
future we would be no less a
superhero.

The above-mentioned acts are small
acts that would change the world but
are also small acts that occupy large
spaces in other people’s hearts. To
create a society full of kindness it is
important we start preaching it
ourselves and then let the waves of

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