{"id":5481,"date":"2024-05-03T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emiralmedia.ro\/site\/claudiu\/good-deed-weakness-or-strength\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:30:44","slug":"good-deed-weakness-or-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claudiusimion.ro\/en\/good-deed-weakness-or-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Good deed: weakness or strength?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi,<\/p>\n\n<p>Did you know that February 17 was <strong>Random Acts of Kindness Day<\/strong>, celebrated mostly in the United States, but also in other countries around the world?<\/p>\n\n<p>A skeptic might say: what are &#8220;they&#8221; up to?<\/p>\n\n<p>Who &#8220;they&#8221; are is not clear in the minds of those skeptics. In this case, the day is believed to have been popularized in a big way by the Random Acts of Kindness Day foundation, which encourages people to practice kindness in random and unexpected ways. <\/p>\n\n<p>Personally, I admire these people with vision, who look beyond the everyday and see a better world, where each of us is willing to help someone we don&#8217;t know, to offer a compliment, to smile at people we meet.<\/p>\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest with ourselves. We live in a cynical world where kindness is considered a weakness, where everyone tries to rise above the crowd for money and fame, where acts of kindness are done only for self-interest, for an ulterior gain. There are exceptions, of course, but the majority tend towards this behavior.  <\/p>\n\n<p>I believe that kindness is an extraordinary power and is 100% within our reach. It&#8217;s not a weakness to be kind, to help a stranger, to smile, it shows real strength of character. It shows that you are sure of yourself and do not fall prey to vanity and ignorance.  <\/p>\n\n<p>As I said, I admire those who come up with such an initiative, visionaries for a better world.<\/p>\n\n<p>But I would go further and ask:<\/p>\n\n<p>Why one day?<\/p>\n\n<p>Why not every day?<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Why not celebrate this day 365 days a year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>What about you?<\/p>\n\n<p>Claudiu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, Did you know that February 17 was Random Acts of Kindness Day, celebrated mostly in the United States, but also in other countries around the world? A skeptic might say: what are &#8220;they&#8221; up to? Who &#8220;they&#8221; are is not clear in the minds of those skeptics. 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