Human actions: good deeds, heroic deeds. What is an act: the essence

There is no better example of kindness in our world than spontaneous acts of kindness from complete strangers. Kind people helping each other for no reason can really renew your faith in humanity.

These photographs show that all people - no matter how much money or time they have - can have a significant impact on others and help make our world a better place.

1. Graduates of the “Boiko Author’s School” in Kharkov have been refusing expensive proms for the 3rd year. And the saved funds are used to help small children with heart pathologies. Giving a gift of life to a person is much more important than celebrating a graduation party in a fashionable dress in a restaurant.

2. A young Egyptian girl helps a street vendor's child learn to read and write every day.

3. A kind neighbor made sure that water did not get into this car during a sudden downpour. On the note, “You left the window open, so I covered it with a bag to keep it dry inside. Have a nice day, your neighbor Gilligan."
4. On Valentine's Day, a stranger made a timely and kind gesture. The inscription on the sign is “Free flowers for your loved ones.”

5. A gentleman helps 3 elderly ladies walk to their car in the pouring rain using a table umbrella.

6. A woman bought 2 portions of food from a street vendor and gave one to a homeless person. She sat down next to him, introduced herself and began asking the man about his life, treating him as an equal and showing basic human compassion.

7. This postman loves to make people smile. “I am a postman. Sometimes I put notes like this in strangers' mailboxes. On the note: “Hey, remember that you are a wonderful person and you can achieve anything you want. Have an amazing day!”

8. This fireman risked his life to save a grateful woman's cat.

9. Dry cleaning workers help unemployed people get jobs. The sign reads, “If you're unemployed and need your clothes cleaned for a job interview, we'll do it for free.”

10. The Spanish athlete slowed down to support his opponent and help him finish.

11. Even snapping turtles sometimes need help to cross the road safely.

12. A brave policeman handcuffed himself to a woman who wanted to jump down and threw away the key. This saved her life.

13. Cameron Lyle was a college star who wanted to become a professional athlete. He trained hard for 8 years to reach the finals... But he gave up this chance when he learned that he could become a bone marrow donor for a man with leukemia who had only a few months to live. Cameron didn’t hesitate; he saved the stranger by giving up the championship that was decisive in his life.

14. Spectators help a young man in a wheelchair enjoy the concert along with everyone else.

15. This policeman went beyond his official powers.

16. A world-class marathon runner, finishing first, slows down to help a disabled person drink water, sacrificing the prize for victory.

17. The boy won a competition for collecting waste paper and rags. And he gave his huge prize to a little neighbor battling leukemia. “How much chemotherapy can you buy for $1,000?” the boy asks his mother.

18. A diamond ring accidentally fell into this beggar's cup. But he honestly returned the ring to the owner, who, in gratitude, organized a fundraiser so that this honest man could change his life and get back on his feet.

19. A soldier saved a little rabbit and raised it until it became possible to release the little rabbit into the wild.

20. A colleague makes amends for his mistake. On the note: “Hey, please accept my apologies for stealing this container of chicken and rice yesterday because I thought it was my wife's lunch. But when I got into the car after work, I discovered that I had left my container on the seat.

I feel awkward and I want you to know that I don't steal my coworkers' lunches. Please accept my apologies and let me pay for your lunch today. P.S. The chicken and rice were amazingly delicious.”

21. When her opponent was injured during a running competition, this athlete helped her cross the finish line.

After all, the world is not such a bad place... There are many good people in it who are always ready to help you if you stumble. Share your experience and spread happiness by sharing this article.

What is kindness? Each of us has thought about this question at least once in our lives. Kindness can be called a feeling of compassion for a fellow being. In frequent cases, this is accompanied by sacrifice towards others and neglect of oneself. In other words, when a person does not know how to refuse or say “no” correctly, for some this is accompanied by a feeling of pity, for others, through good deeds, they increase their level of significance and self-affirmation. Kindness can be selfless and pure. Although this is becoming less common these days. In general, kindness is different for everyone, but it is intended for one main goal - to help another person.

Goals of Kindness

Selfless help to another person should be one of the goals in the life of each of us. Someone always needs a helping hand, and we need to extend it, because someday any of us may find ourselves in need of words of consolation. Therefore, if there is an opportunity to help, it must be done. And some people won’t have problems with their conscience later.

Good people

A kind person is one who, in relation to other living beings, performs actions that bring them some benefit. In this case, the benefit is mutual, since by a good deed a person has increased his level of significance and self-esteem. And he helped the one who was given a good deed in solving a particular situation.

The kindest man

Who is he? And are there such people left in our society today? The kindest person... That's what some people are sometimes called. This is how they characterize a benefactor who provides help to others and does not ask for anything in return. Of course, for others to respond this way, you need to do a lot of good deeds and help more than one person. However, words of gratitude and happy eyes of people are worth helping someone in need if it is within our capabilities. Such actions give strength, energize, and spiritualize.

What can you do to become kinder?

From the moment of birth, a child is pure and innocent, he is kind to everyone around him, and only upbringing, the example of parents and the attitude of loved ones towards the baby make him good or evil.

The mistake of many people is that they believe that character cannot be changed. People say: However, this is not so. Temperament cannot be changed, we are born with it, but character can always be changed. And therefore, if a person does not show kindness towards another living being, he should not be blamed. There may be various reasons for this. Perhaps he himself does not know how to help himself with this, as a human being.

In order to become a little better, you need to understand yourself, understand what makes you, for example, angry, aggressive, unfriendly, envious. Sometimes this is very difficult to do, because “you can’t find a speck in your own eye.”

For example, many are driven to be angry by financial disadvantage, a constantly drinking spouse, problems with a child or health, or envy towards another person, and so on. Having understood yourself, you need to resolve this or that situation. If you have financial problems - change jobs, separate from your drinking husband, establish relationships with your child and understand his behavior, you can improve your health by going, for example, on vacation. Of course, this sounds easy, but in reality it is much more difficult, but each of us can do it. You may need the help of a specialist, but all this is for your own good.

Good qualities of the soul

Among the positive character traits, 12 good qualities of the human soul can be identified:

• goodwill;
• responsiveness;
• unselfishness;
• honesty;
• cheerfulness;
• loyalty;
• compassion;
• strength of will;
• reasonableness;
• mercy;
• wisdom;
• justice.

1. Benevolence comes from the phrase “who wishes well,” in other words, a friendly person.
2. Responsiveness - willingness to help.
3. Selflessness is the absence of desire for profit or personal gain.
4. Honesty, or truthfulness, is sincerity towards another person in speech, deeds, and actions.
5. Cheerfulness is a person’s optimistic attitude towards everything: circumstances and difficulties.
6. Loyalty is a devoted attitude towards a partner, work, idea, etc.
7. - an emotional state expressed in understanding the misfortunes of others.
8. Willpower is a mental state in which a person is able to control his actions to achieve certain goals.
9. Reasonableness is the ability to make the right or correct decision.
10. Mercy is a benevolent, caring attitude towards another person, readiness to provide help.
11. Wisdom is the degree of mastery of knowledge and life experience and the ability to apply them.
12. Justice is the right decision made or the right action.

Good deeds

There are a lot of people in the world who do good deeds. A person who has done a good deed will always be remembered and thanked in his soul and in words. Because there are such people in the world, millions of children recover, accidents are avoided, those in need have a roof over their heads, the elderly receive the necessary support and help, animals find homes and loving owners. Good deeds cannot be counted, and a good person is one whose words and deeds are for the good.

What actions ennoble the soul?

Indeed, what? A good person is such because he does good deeds. By these actions a person ennobles his soul, gives it a facet, endows it with richness and breadth.

People say that everything in life comes back like a boomerang, so a good person will always receive only good deeds in return for his actions. You should not succumb to temptations and self-interest by doing something bad. You need to think wisely and understand that everything will definitely come back.

Types of Kindness

Kindness comes in different forms. It manifests itself in different ways. Someone is so kind that he wouldn’t hurt a fly, but usually many take advantage of the simplicity of such people and do not give anything in return. Such a person sometimes will not offer help himself, but if someone asks for it, he will not refuse.

There is kindness that manifests itself in actions. Especially if this is a good deed, that is, if a person performs some kind deed when he is not asked for it, but is needed.

There is kindness, which manifests itself in a kind word, wise advice. There is always a large environment around such people, since the problems are endless, good and wise advice is often needed to help in their adversities.

Selfless kindness indicates helping another person. At the same time, they do not ask for anything in return for their action. Such people are called selfless. Such kindness is becoming a rare occurrence in modern life, even between family and friends.

Following selfless help comes selfish kindness. This is not necessarily something bad. For example, one person turned to another for help, promising to thank him in return. This is a mutually beneficial relationship in which both parties are usually satisfied. This format of communication is not uncommon nowadays. This model of behavior manifests itself in all spheres of life: in kindergarten, educational institution, medical institution and others.

People often do truly crazy things. Some do this because of their innate courage, others - under the influence of alcohol, and the actions of others have no reasonable explanation at all. In our review there are 16 situations where people in a variety of situations behaved unexpectedly: some heroically, some absurdly, and some became hostage to the situation.

1. Yellow snow

Driver Richard Kral was caught in a snow drift during an avalanche. He chose a rather unusual way to attract attention. Richard drank 30 liters of beer and wrote on the snow until he painted a huge inscription on it: “Never eat yellow snow!”, visible even from helicopters. Rescuers found him drunk on a mountain trail 4 days later

2. The Ripper

Vance Flozenzier was relaxing on the beach in Florida with his nephew when the 8-year-old boy was attacked by a bull shark, biting off his arm. Vance became so enraged that he threw the shark out of the water onto the shore and beat it to death, removing the boy's hand from the predator's throat. Doctors were able to sew the child's hand back on.

3.Resistant tin peddler

Josh Lewis, the pizza delivery guy, showed phenomenal dedication to his job. During the next delivery, robbers stopped him, took away his scooter, and Josh himself was stabbed with a knife. But the delivery man, on his own two feet, bleeding, fulfilled the order, delivering the pizza to the address. Only after that did he go to the hospital.

4. A hungry tourist

Chinese man Pun Lim managed to survive for 133 days on a life raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. He even managed to kill a shark using the drinking tank included with the raft.

5. Your own surgeon

Australian Withrow cut himself with a chainsaw. However, he stitched up his wounds, drank a bottle of gin and got behind the wheel to get to the hospital. He was eventually stopped by the police and fined for drunk driving.

6. The power of stereotype

Apparently, having re-read medieval romance and pseudo-fiction, the legendary Jack Churchill fought during World War II using only a long sword and bow.

7. Acceptable damage

His wife tried to kill Michael Moylan from Florida while he was sleeping, shooting him in the head. As a result, he woke up in the morning with a severe headache.

8. Priorities are set

After Thomas Dotterer was shot in the eye during a robbery at his liquor store, he told reporters that the worst event of the week was his performance at a wrestling competition.

9. Desire to speak out

During a campaign speech in 1912, US presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt was shot by John Schrank. Even though Roosevelt was shot in the chest, he insisted on finishing his 90-minute speech.

10. Juvenile veteran

Jacqueline Lucas illegally joined the Marines at the age of 14, after which he took part in the assault on Iwo Jima without even owning a rifle. At the same time, he came under the simultaneous explosion of two grenades, but survived.

11. Iron Man

Walter Summerford was struck by lightning three times during his lifetime. However, he survived every time. After Walter's death, his grave was also struck by lightning twice.

12. Death at work

When Susan Kuhnhausen's husband hired a hitman to kill his wife in 2006, he never expected the outcome. The wife strangled the killer with her bare hands.

13. The desire to live

In 1823, Hugh Glass survived (with a crippled leg) after fighting a bear. The rest of his group believed Hugh to be missing and returned to base without him. Hugh traveled to the nearest city, 360 kilometers away, within six weeks.

14. Unbroken perseverance

A homeless man known as "Tough Mike" drank a can of antifreeze to claim insurance but threw himself in front of a taxi when it didn't work.

15. Lead hangover

A 35-year-old Pole was shot in the head while he was drunk, without even noticing it. As a result, the bullet was accidentally discovered five years later.

16. Swim or binge

In 2007, 55-year-old Martin Strehl swam 5,268 kilometers in the Amazon over 66 days. He drank two bottles of wine a day to keep warm during his swim.

Continuing the topic of the review, no less funny stories.

Friends, never stop doing good, and it doesn’t matter whether the people around you recognize that it was you who did the good deed. I invite you to remember the most touching actions of this year that are truly worthy of respect.

Superheroes wash the windows of an orphanage

A service company from the American state of Pennsylvania chose a very original and touching way to clean the windows in an orphanage in Pittsburgh. The employees descending from the roof from floor to floor were dressed in superhero costumes - Batman, Spider-Man, Superman and Captain America.

Good on the road

It’s no secret that the Internet is replete with all kinds of videos about Russia in the “trash” category with our drunken, fighting fellow citizens, lawlessness on the roads and other attributes of the everyday life of Russians, filmed on DVRs. But Arkady Moryakhin from Almaty decided to show that in Russia there are not only reckless drivers and drunk driving, but also people who do good deeds and help each other for no reason at any time of the day.

Billionaire without a billion

Famous writer JK Rowling lost her billionaire status because she spent so much money on charity. This is the first such case in the history of Forbes.

Firefighter rescued a kitten

A real-life incident that happened in the American town of Fresno will make your heart beat faster. Regular firefighter Corey Kalanick was checking in a smoke-filled room after a fire when he suddenly saw this small ball of fur showing no signs of life.

San Francisco has become Batman's city

12 thousand city residents fulfilled the dream of five-year-old Miles Scott. The performance was organized by the Make a Wish charity, which grants wishes to terminally ill children. The fact is that the boy has leukemia. He has been undergoing treatment for several years and is now in remission.

Heroes as they are

Grandfather Dobry

98-year-old beggar Grandfather Dobri from the Bulgarian village of Bailovo, dressed in homespun clothes and ancient leather boots, often stands outside the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sofia. Every day he gets up early and walks 10 kilometers from his home to the capital. In 2010, while filming a documentary about the cathedral, a Bulgarian television journalist made a shocking discovery in the church's archives - the most generous private donation the cathedral has ever received - 40,000 euros was made by an old beggar - Dobri's grandfather.
The 98-year-old saint does not touch a single penny of the money that is handed to him. He lives on his pension of 100 euros a month, as well as non-monetary handouts in the form of fruit and bread. Grandfather Dobri also helps many others, for example, he paid the utility bills of an orphanage that was on the verge of losing heat and electricity. He also helps the homeless. But we will never know about all the good deeds of Grandfather Dobri, because he never talks about them.

Farewell to a football fan

Red Mark was one of the most famous Dutch fans. At the beginning of 2000, he managed to unite opposing factions of Feyenoord fans. Before the start of preparations for the new season, sad news came - Red Mark is terminally ill. The doctors gave him a month at best, a week at worst. In just a few days, an unforgettable event was organized for Red Mark, who had been a Feyenoord fan for 41 years.

Good granny

Magadan resident Rufina Ivanovna Korobeinikova knitted and donated three hundred pairs of warm socks to flood victims in Khabarovsk.

Shelter a stranger

In October, a photograph of a young guy sleeping sweetly on the shoulder of an unfamiliar passenger on the subway spread throughout the Western Internet. Inspired by this touching act, the charity Charidy decided to conduct its experiment in the New York subway. The hero of the video pretended to be tired for an hour, falling asleep on the shoulders of the passengers sitting next to him. At first the passengers waved it off, but then...

The homeless man returned his wallet

“Today, having left home early in the morning in order to avoid traffic jams, I went to pick up my mother, so that later we could go to the dacha together. Having gathered all my most loved ones together, I was ready to go to the dacha, when suddenly I discovered that my wallet with ALL the documents for the car, license, cards, passport had disappeared - in short, my whole life had disappeared without a trace. I returned home in despair and suddenly a stranger rang at my door. At first glance, he is an ordinary homeless person, but with clear, kind eyes. He said hello, introduced himself, and after the phrase “You must have been knocked off your feet...” handed me my wallet. Silent scene. With shaking hands, I begin to rummage through my wallet and realize that everything is there, even the money! My husband immediately handed him the money, which he refused! You see, a man with no fixed abode found a wallet on the highway, got on the train, then the metro, then a minibus, and searched for my house for an hour just to help. He left, and we stood for a long time and thought about this simple Man with a Capital M!” Irina Demidova.

A lesson in the joys of life at a gas station

An ordinary American couple who arrived at a gas station gave us all an amazing and unexpected lesson in the joy of life. Will is a bartender, Monifa is a fitness trainer, and they have been married for 12 years. Simple, cheerful, open people who sincerely love each other and life, who know how to enjoy every moment, even such an unexpected one. Instead of being shy and modest, they put on a fantastically funny, kind and touching show near their car, captivating first the host and TV viewers, and then the entire Internet.

“Rus' is not without good people!” Russian people can easily be considered one of the most responsive peoples in the world. And we have someone to look up to.

Okolnichy Fedor Rtishchev

During his lifetime, Fyodor Rtishchev, a close friend and adviser to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, received the nickname “gracious husband.” Klyuchevsky wrote that Rtishchev fulfilled only part of the commandment of Christ - he loved his neighbor, but not himself. He was one of that rare breed of people who put the interests of others above their own “wants.” It was on the initiative of the “bright man” that the first shelters for beggars appeared not only in Moscow, but also beyond its borders. It was common for Rtishchev to pick up a drunk on the street and take him to a temporary shelter he organized - an analogue of a modern sobering-up station. How many were saved from death and did not freeze to death on the street, one can only guess.

In 1671, Fyodor Mikhailovich sent grain convoys to starving Vologda, and then money raised from the sale of personal property. And when I learned about the need of the Arzamas residents for additional lands, he simply donated his own.

During the Russian-Polish War, he carried out not only his compatriots, but also Poles from the battlefield. He hired doctors, rented houses, bought food and clothing for the wounded and prisoners, again at his own expense. After Rtishchev’s death, his “Life” appeared - a unique case of demonstrating the holiness of a layman, and not a monk.

Empress Maria Feodorovna

The second wife of Paul I, Maria Fedorovna, was famous for her excellent health and tirelessness. Starting the morning with cold douches, prayer and strong coffee, the Empress devoted the rest of the day to taking care of her countless pupils. She knew how to convince moneybags to donate money for the construction of educational institutions for noble maidens in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Simbirsk and Kharkov. With her direct participation, the largest charitable organization was created - the Imperial Humane Society, which existed until the beginning of the 20th century.

Having 9 children of her own, she especially cared for abandoned babies: the sick were cared for in orphanages, the strong and healthy were cared for in trustworthy peasant families.

This approach has significantly reduced child mortality. With all the scale of her activities, Maria Feodorovna also paid attention to the little things that were not necessary for life. Thus, in the Obukhov psychiatric hospital in St. Petersburg, each patient received his own kindergarten.

Prince Vladimir Odoevsky

A descendant of the Rurikovichs, Prince Vladimir Odoevsky, was convinced that the thought he sowed would certainly “come up tomorrow” or “in a thousand years.” A close friend of Griboyedov and Pushkin, the writer and philosopher Odoevsky was an active supporter of the abolition of serfdom, worked to the detriment of his own interests for the Decembrists and their families, and tirelessly intervened in the fate of the most disadvantaged. He was ready to rush to the aid of anyone who turned to him and saw in everyone a “living string” that could be made to sound for the benefit of the cause.

The St. Petersburg Society for Visiting the Poor, which he organized, helped 15 thousand needy families.

There was a women's workshop, a children's shelter with a school, a hospital, hostels for the elderly and families, and a social store.

Despite his origin and connections, Odoevsky did not seek to occupy an important post, believing that in a “minor position” he could bring “real benefit.” The “Strange Scientist” tried to help young inventors realize their ideas. The main character traits of the prince, according to contemporaries, were humanity and virtue.

Prince Peter of Oldenburg

An innate sense of justice distinguished the grandson of Paul I from most of his colleagues. He not only served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment during the reign of Nicholas I, but also equipped the first school in the history of the country at his place of service, in which soldiers’ children were educated. Later, this successful experience was applied to other regiments.

In 1834, the prince witnessed the public punishment of a woman who was driven through a line of soldiers, after which he petitioned for dismissal, saying that he would never be able to carry out such orders.

Pyotr Georgievich devoted the rest of his life to charity. He was a trustee and honorary member of many institutions and societies, including the Kyiv Home for the Poor.

Sergey Skirmunt

Retired second lieutenant Sergei Skirmunt is almost unknown to the general public. He did not hold high positions and failed to become famous for his good deeds, but he was able to build socialism on a single estate.

At the age of 30, when Sergei Apollonovich was painfully pondering his future fate, 2.5 million rubles fell on him from a deceased distant relative.

The inheritance was not spent on carousing or lost at cards. One part of it became the basis for donations to the Society for the Promotion of Public Public Entertainment, the founder of which was Skirmunt himself. With the rest of the money, the millionaire built a hospital and a school on the estate, and all his peasants were able to move to new huts.

Anna Adler

The whole life of this amazing woman was devoted to educational and pedagogical work. She was an active participant in various charitable societies, helped during the famine in the Samara and Ufa provinces, and on her initiative the first public reading room was opened in the Sterlitamak district. But her main efforts were aimed at changing the situation of people with disabilities. For 45 years, she did everything to ensure that blind people had the opportunity to become full-fledged members of society.

She was able to find the means and strength to open the first specialized printing house in Russia, where in 1885 the first edition of the “Collection of Articles for Children’s Reading, published and dedicated to blind children by Anna Adler” was published.

To produce the book in Braille, she worked seven days a week until late at night, personally typing and proofreading page after page.

Later, Anna Alexandrovna translated the musical notation system, and blind children were able to learn to play musical instruments. With her active assistance, a few years later the first group of blind students graduated from the St. Petersburg School for the Blind, and a year later from the Moscow School. Literacy and vocational training helped graduates find jobs, changing the stereotype of their incapacity. Anna Adler just barely lived to see the opening of the First Congress of the All-Russian Society of the Blind.

Nikolay Pirogov

The entire life of the famous Russian surgeon is a series of brilliant discoveries, the practical use of which saved more than one life. The men considered him a wizard who attracted higher powers for his “miracles.” He was the first in the world to use surgery in the field, and his decision to use anesthesia saved not only his patients from suffering, but also those who lay on the tables of his students later. Through his efforts, the splints were replaced with bandages soaked in starch.

He was the first to use the method of sorting the wounded into those who were seriously injured and those who would make it to the rear. This reduced the mortality rate significantly. Before Pirogov, even a minor wound to the arm or leg could result in amputation.

He personally carried out operations and tirelessly ensured that the soldiers were provided with everything they needed: warm blankets, food, water.

According to legend, it was Pirogov who taught Russian academics to perform plastic surgery, demonstrating the successful experience of implanting a new nose on the face of his barber, whom he helped get rid of deformity.

Being an excellent teacher, about whom all the students spoke with warmth and gratitude, he believed that the main task of education is to teach how to be human.