Random Acts of Kindness
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Random Acts of Kindness by Melor Hidayah

I was compelled to compliment an acquaintance on his amazing works of art. Why was I? Cause I felt that I just couldn’t not let him not know how I felt about it and I believe all artists in their own right deserves open acknowledgment, appreciation and feedback.

I was looking for an appropriate word to express how i felt about his masterpieces, was looking for a word that described the emotion that I was feeling and the only word was L O V E.

I find it perplexing why using this word is shunned upon and why is giving a compliment and using this word so difficult for so many.

I’ve been brainwashed. Made to suppress emotions, feelings…only to express myself in the ‘safe zone’. Not too much (till the point of getting noticed) and not too little (so that i don’t end up a wallflower). As cliche as it sounds like that Black Eyed Peas song, ‘Where is the love?’

I read the newspapers….and there’s always news of random acts of violence…..what about RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS? After all, my belief that the root of random acts of kindness is L O V E. Why isn’t that stressed upon?

What happened to compliments… which are given freely and the word love is used without shame or embarrassment?

Practice random acts of kindness……be it in a form of a compliment, picking up trash, recycling, or helping someone cross the street……practice the verb ‘to love’.

The love is here, there and everywhere….and love comes in many different shapes and forms…and a ‘thing’, and a ‘doing’…and a ‘being’…..as an emotion and state of mind.

So in the end…..I told this acquaintance……I love his work. As complex as it was in my mind…..using the word love made it a lot easier to explain.


Melor Hidayah writes for her personal blog.

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