good deeds. random acts of kindness.
But are they really as genuine and "kind" as they are thought to be?
A teacher told us that random acts of kindness don't exist because people are selfish to begin with, and that they only do nice things so they can feel good about themselves. (i should mention he was extremely religious) For example, a couple of days ago during Christmas shopping, an old lady behind me dropped her wool sweater, so I picked it up for her. And she was very gracious and spent the next 20 minutes chatting with me. So throughout the day and the next few weeks, I did a few more nice things for strangers, but instead of feeling happy, I felt kind of "selfish". Did I really do those things out of kindness, or did I do them because I liked the feeling that resulted.
And now I don't feel happy doing nice things for other people.