The Right to Expression... RIght to Kindness

Kindness is one of the most beautiful forms of the 

Right to Expression.

Kindness is going out of one's way for someone,

trying to help them, 

even attempting to understand them,

and taking simple actions to accommodate them

or to help alleviate a difficult moment for them.

Still, kindness is so rare, that when performed, 

the receiver of kindness is often unappreciative, 

maybe even unaware of whatever kind action is carried out.

Service, of any kind, helps people grow,

by learning from the humility of kindness.

There is no dark side to kindness,

when done with correct intention.

The Right to Expression....Charity

Charity is similar to the Right to Generosity.

Charity is generosity,

but it is more specific.

As I define it, this form of generosity provides a basic need for another being.

Basic needs include food, water, safety, health care, and shelter.
Charity is both care and caring.

There are many living beings

who find themselves in extreme circumstances.

I declare the Right to Charity.

What charity have you received or given?

We have two hands:
one for helping ourselves,
one for helping others.
(*commenter JD)

The Right to Expression....Generosity

In the world of philosophy,

generosity is considered a virtue,

beginning with Aristotle and Plato.

Generosity is

bigheartedness or openheartedness or openhandedness,

long words that show that distance

extending from one person to reach another.

The word generosity is a noun, but yet it signifies an action, a verb.

It's considered a character trait (rather than a habit)

wrapped up with a person's emotions, values, desires, and expectations.

Generosity may be motivated by

impulsive emotion, the desire to give,

or

rational choice, practical wisdom.

Either way, a person is moved to generous action.

There is a push. 



Some steps to generosity.


The philosopher Descartes

wrote that true generosity consists 
in knowing that nothing truly belongs to you

but the freedom to dispose of goods at will.
(The Passions of the Soul, art. 153; CSM I 384).

A generous action is grand, virtuous, and luminous.

I declare the Right to Generosity.