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1. 0:00Hello. I'm ready to start my
2. 0:01presentation. And this is my flash card.
3. 0:06Kind people have an air to them. They're
4. 0:10generous. They're nice. They're funny.
5. 0:12They [clears throat] have this aura
6. 0:14around them. Whereas, if you look across
7. 0:16the classroom and you see the grumpy
8. 0:19person in the corner wearing their
9. 0:20hoodie, you can expect a not so
10. 0:24welcoming aura around them. Not that
11. 0:27they're not a nice person. They're
12. 0:29probably one of the funniest people
13. 0:30you'll ever meet if you try and get to
14. 0:32know them. It's just that people tend to
15. 0:35gravitate towards kinder people than
16. 0:38grumpier people. And that leads me to
17. 0:40today's quote. You catch more flies with
18. 0:43honey than with vinegar. There are
19. 0:46multiple interpretations of this quote,
20. 0:48but my personal interpretation is that
21. 0:51kindness and respect will triumph over
22. 0:54fear and intimidation.
23. 0:57And I feel like growing up, we're taught
24. 0:59the golden rule. Treat others the way
25. 1:01you want to be treated. I hope that the
26. 1:04kindness that I give out to the world
27. 1:06will be received and someone else's
28. 1:08kindness will be received by me. And one
29. 1:11historical figure that reminds me of
30. 1:13this is Abraham Lincoln. I feel like
31. 1:16most of us view Abraham Lincoln in a
32. 1:20positive light with his actions. And one
33. 1:23of his quotes is kindness is the only
34. 1:26service that will stand the storm of
35. 1:28life and not wash out. In an era in an
36. 1:32era of military regimen when the country
37. 1:35was divided, it was common that soldiers
38. 1:38who ran away would be shot for defecting
39. 1:42against the US.
40. 1:44However, Abraham Lincoln did not like
41. 1:47this rule. In fact, he had so much
42. 1:50empathy for these people because they
43. 1:52ran because they were scared, not that
44. 1:54they didn't want to serve. And in his
45. 1:58compassion, he tried to pardon as much
46. 2:01of these people as possible with an
47. 2:03executive order. And I feel like that
48. 2:06showed that kindness in his heart worked
49. 2:09out more because now we see him in a
50. 2:11positive light.
51. 2:13One other person that isn't a historical
52. 2:16figure but is a pop figure that shows
53. 2:19that kindness triumphs over um fear is
54. 2:25Dolly Parton in her philanthrop
55. 2:27philanthropic
56. 2:29um activities. In 2017, she donated $1
57. 2:34million to a children's hospital out of
58. 2:38the honor of her niece who survived
59. 2:41leukemia. And again, she donated another
60. 2:45million in 2022. On top of that, she
61. 2:50also donated and raised $700,000
62. 2:54to
63. 2:56Mid Tennessee residents who were
64. 2:59fighting and a flood. Many of these
65. 3:02homes got destroyed. And the most
66. 3:04important aspect to take from this flood
67. 3:08in Dolly's acts of kindness is that
68. 3:11after these residents got recuperated
69. 3:14and they were fine with the donation,
70. 3:18they reached out to Dolly. They asked,
71. 3:20"What can we do to help you? How can we
72. 3:23support you? Thank you so much for your
73. 3:25contributions to the flood effort." And
74. 3:29the biggest takeaway is that Dolly's
75. 3:31acts of kindness was received and then
76. 3:34the people, the residents who obviously
77. 3:37just went through something traumatic
78. 3:39are still trying to help. That's because
79. 3:42kindness will be given back. And one
80. 3:45last historical figure that showed that
81. 3:49kindness truly triumphs overall is
82. 3:52Princess Diana.
83. 3:54She approached problems with generosity
84. 3:57and empathy than fear. And one of her
85. 4:01one of her
86. 4:04main events was the AIDS campaign or
87. 4:10the event in which she went to a
88. 4:13hospital and she shook hands and hugged
89. 4:16um patients who had AIDS. And in doing
90. 4:20so, she helped get rid of the stigma, or
91. 4:23at least she was one of the people who
92. 4:24helped get rid of the stigma that people
93. 4:27with AIDS can't give you the disease via
94. 4:32via touch. And this really helped these
95. 4:36people in
96. 4:39them not being ostracized because the
97. 4:41stigma behind PE um people who had AIDS,
98. 4:45they were shunned. They were pushed away
99. 4:49and they were viewed as infectious. But
100. 4:52Diana with her popularity
101. 4:55decided to show the world something
102. 4:58different. She gave these people
103. 5:00compassion when they have only received
104. 5:03hatred. And in doing so, people have
105. 5:08shifted their opinions about people with
106. 5:10AIDS.
107. 5:11And to end off this speech with our
108. 5:16quote, you catch more flies with honey
109. 5:19than with vinegar. I will end this
110. 5:21speech with a quote from Princess Diana.
111. 5:24Carry out random acts of kindness with
112. 5:26no expectation of reward. Safe in
113. 5:29knowledge that one day someone might do
114. 5:31the same for you. Thank you for
115. 5:33listening.