Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hi, how are you? I’m Makenna Sigman.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
And I’m Carmody Zsiga with EagleAir Podcasts.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome up to our episode, the

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Ripple Effect.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Today we’re talking about kindness and about how one small act can affect others. What are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Kindness is more than just one big act of giving someone, I dunno, when you see on social media, people give thousands of dollars to people, but I don’t feel like that’s true kindness. That’s just getting it for the clout. I think kindness is those small acts of just saying hi to everyone every day, or smiling when you walk past a stranger just holding open the door. I don’t know small acts that actually show how genuine you are compared to the big acts for clouts.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah, I think that’s important too. I think the little things can make people feel special. I feel like so can a thousand dollars, but I do think that’s really just for clout, but it’s really genuine when someone holds a door open for you and

Speaker 2 (01:05):
You think, oh, that’s a kind person.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah. And whenever they smile at you like, oh, they’re nice. They’re not just

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Me.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Exactly. And I think it can inspire other people to be kind and be changed.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yes. Like the small acts. I feel like whenever I see someone do something small, I know I’m like, oh, I want to do that. I want to make that change for that person.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
And it’s not like smiling at people, every person you see in the hallway, but saying, hi, smiling, opening the door.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
It’s like instead of trying to have a RBF try to smile.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, I think that’s really important. We talked to some people and I think they had the same thoughts.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Everyone we talked to very good ideas about what kindness is and how they’ve seen it applied in life.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
So let’s go talk to them.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Let’s go

Speaker 3 (01:58):
See a lot of doors being held open for each other, especially in the mornings. Actually, I’m pretty sure you held the door open for a whole line.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
I do that a lot

Speaker 3 (02:07):
For a whole line of students in the morning. This week. I see a lot of students helping pick up trash after lunch or in the hallways when they see it. Just little things that really make a big impact and show pride in our school

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Roller. Talked about how you held the door open for people on your bus and just in general, can you explain more about what happened in that situation?

Speaker 1 (02:33):
So yeah, whenever I come in the building from the bus, there’s always this huge line and I always, I don’t know, I just opened the door and there was a couple times where I would open the first door and then I would see inside the building where there’s that second door that someone was inspired by what I did and opened the second door and we just kind of, I don’t know, you could see on some people’s faces that they appreciated.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
That’s really cool. And especially in the morning whenever people are so tired and people are moody and just to know that it still made their day and that it still helped them out. Yeah,

Speaker 2 (03:19):
That’s beautiful. Yeah. Okay.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Has there ever been a time that you did that?

Speaker 2 (03:28):
That I’ve been kind,

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yeah, I see you doing that all the time. Just smiling.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
I do smile quite a bit sometimes. Sometimes I feel like when I’m not smiling I’m very, I dunno, have a rude face on, but I have a RSF

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Resting smiley face.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yes. That’s why everyone should have a resting smiley face.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Yes. We also ask Dr. Kelly some questions. Let’s go. Do you think kindness has to be a big over the top thing, or can it be small?

Speaker 4 (04:02):
I think the best kind of kindness is just when it’s genuine and it’s small. And I do think then if you have somebody treat you with kindness, it’s going to carry on. And the next time they’re faced with a situation where they could be kind to one another or to someone else, I think it’s more likely that they’re going to be kind to that person.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
That was one question I was going to ask. How you think kindness affects other people?

Speaker 4 (04:24):
I think it’s infectious. I think it is.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
I really relate to how you say kindness is infectious and when you see someone being kind, you want to be kind to others. Have you ever felt like that?

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, I think even when I’m in a bad mood, if I see someone doing something kind, it’s like, oh, maybe I should do something like that too.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
It brings a smile to your face kind of.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, just, I dunno. The world can be dark sometimes, and it just kind of shows that people are still, people can still do things for others

Speaker 2 (05:00):
And I think especially everyone’s going through something and not everyone knows exactly where they’re going through, but how people can still be kind. That’s really cool to me.

Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah. Even through what they’re going through, they’re so kind. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yes. And that’s really inspiring as well.

Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah. Thanks for tuning in. I’m Makenna Sigman and I’m Carmody Zsiga from EagleAir podcasts. Have a good day.