Choose a Life of Kindness
Choosing a life of kindness means being more mindful of how we interact with and relate to others on a daily basis. It also means working to improve our interactions and making them more meaningful. Practicing the nine Choose To Be Nice values every day can help us improve our daily interactions. They are:
- Respect: be polite and show consideration for others and their differences
4th grade Choose to Be Nice award winners for Respect
- Kindness: be nice and friendly to people wherever you go
- Acceptance: appreciate and recognize people for who they are
- Teamwork: collaborate and work together with others
- Honesty: be truthful and fair
- Responsibility: be helpful to others and be accountable for your own actions
- Friendship: be a friendly companion other people want to be around
- Patience: be calm and understand that some things take time and endurance
- Courage: be brave and dare to be nice even when it’s hard