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FLOW
is an entrepreneur of meaning, advancing an idealistic
worldview through a community that supports new ways of
seeing, being, doing, and belonging, based on a commitment
to human flourishing, non-violence and radical tolerance.
The FLOW ideal draws on the classical liberal tradition – freedom, voluntary
exchange, individual initiative, combined with social
and environmental consciousness.
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Our goal is to liberate
the entrepreneurial spirit for good, to
create sustainable peace, prosperity, happiness, and
wellbeing for all in the next fifty years.
Click on their names for links
to articles by FLOW founders Michael
Strong and John
Mackey. |
 Changing
the World through Random Acts of Kindness
When I look at the world I’m growing up In I want to see kindness
and love.
And I do see a lot of that, in my family, in my friends, in my school.
But I also see a lot of hatred and unhappiness. One of the areas I’d like
to address is unhappy and unfriendly people. Everyone has been subject
to unhappy people, whether they are shouting at you to get off the grass
or shoving you to get on the metro. I used to think that unfriendly people
were something every community has, people who are born unfriendly, live
unfriendly, and die unfriendly. Now I know better. Unfriendly people are
people just like us who don’t have enough love and kindness in their lives.
and I would like to fix that using Random Acts Of Kindness.
>Click
here to Read the rest of Ariel's paper.
Ariel Miller, a Danish-Jewish
American, is 13 years of age and attends the Oneness Family School in
Chevy Chase, Maryland.
She has lived in Atlanta and Geneva, Switzerland and enjoys acting, singing,
and reading. She has earned her brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and has
appeared in a number of staged and television performances including "Scapin" at
Wolf Trapp, Virginia and "A Day in the Life of Ariel" for French
Canadian television. She enjoys reading, travelling to meet new friends
from around the world, as well as performing in the company of her classmates
and younger brother and sister.
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Ariel
Miller's Member Platform continued... I came up
with three everyday techniques that are certain to make
any person feel happier and friendlier. After each step
I’ll provide an example so you’ll know exactly what to do
and what are the effects of the step. All right. Step Number
One: The Actual Acknowledgement. Say your walking down the
street and you notice someone walking toward you. You smile
at them, wave, and say hello. This will make that person
feel acknowledged, which will make them feel good because
we all want to be acknowledged, right? Next up, Step Number
Two: The Casual Compliment. You’re in the grocery store
and the cashier is ringing up your groceries. You notice
she has a nifty hair ornament and compliment her. She smiles,
thanks you, and goes back to her humming. This works because
you’re complimenting her (and we all like to be
complimented) and you’re making her feel noticed. Finally,
Step Number
Three: The Common Chat. You’re on a train next to someone
who looks tired/stressed/grumpy. You say hi and remark on
something trivial, the weather for example. They become more
animated and a conversation might ignite. This has an advantage
for both of you, you get a lively conversation with a stranger.
The three steps are sure to make someone smile.
The only snag we’ll hit is that human
nature makes us think about ourselves. You’ll think “Okay,
so it makes this total stranger feel happy. How does that
help me?” So I’ll tell you. It’s called a win-win solution.
A win-win solution is when both people gain, both people
feel good, essentially, both people win. It is definitely
true I this case. Your Kindness Victim will feel good, and
so will you. In fact, I guarantee it. You’ll feel good about
yourself and what you did. You will feel great that you
helped make this turbulent world we live in a tiny bit kinder.
And what’s even greater is that it will keep going! Yes,
just like a chain reaction, you kindness will spread and
spread. Let me explain. You use one of the steps and make
a person feel happier. In return, they use your step, or
the idea that you can make someone feel better by acknowledging
them, or noticing them. Then that person uses a step to
another, and more people join the chain. Kindness, like
hatred, is catching and will move so fast it might come
back to you!
And now, if this idea of “Random
Acts of Kindness” starts moving and more and more people
are happier, we’ll be free to work together to solve some
of the other problems facing today’s society, such as drugs
and war. Then, Imagine this. Imagine your community slowly
started changing for the better.
Imagine it slowly spreading to other communities, states,
and countries.
Imagine a world wide movement of
kindness and respect. Wouldn’t that be a peaceful world? |
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