kindness

Lately, when I met my friend she told me a story about her way to school the other day. She highlighted the fact that when she was running for a leaving underground somebody held the door for her. 

When she was telling me about it she sounded positively surprised and so was I. I think that our surprise shows general assumptions that people have about other people. We usually think that they are mean, unwilling to help and think only about themselves. There is an obvious distance that we have for others (it isn't necessarily a bad thing they are strangers after all). We are simply surprised by any act of kindness from people that we don't know. We expect it only in return for our kindness towards them. It is upsetting that we feel that way and we let it affect our view of others. I think that it can somehow block our ability to meet new people. So why are we biased like that?

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  1. englishdiary15 września 2021 11:46

    I'm afraid that such small everyday acts of kindness are a bit more common in other countries, where people generally trust others more. Poles are one of the most distrustful nations in the world - we are suspicious of other people and their intentions. There's lots of research to prove it.

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