When you are kind your body produces endorphins, which is the brain’s natural painkiller. You will become less stressed and you will actually age two times slower than the average person. In the animated short Joy and Heron the theme is always kind. Joy meets Heron and at first, thinks that Heron wants to destroy the fishing trip by taking worms.  Soon Joy learns the real reason that Heron needs the worms.  Joy then participates in a true act of kindness that really makes a difference for others. 

        Early in the animated short Joy and Heron, the theme was always be kind.  In the story, Joy jumps with excitement when she sees a dragonfly buzz by.  She is grinning with kindness. She is just naturally curious and her first reaction is to grin at everything, including the dragonfly. Soon Heron comes to the boat and Joy responds with a big grin.  Joy’s tail wagged a lot as she smiled at Heron.  At the beginning of the movie, there is a lot of kind moments with Joy.

 In the middle of the animated short Joy and Heron, the theme was always be kind. Joy growls at Heron to show kindness to the owner.  Joy growled to make Heron leave and to warn the owner. Joy fights in the tug-o-war to show kindness to the owner.

      At end of the animated short Joy and Heron, the theme was always kind. Joy watches Heron fly to her babies. She is filled with empathy as she learned that Heron needs worms to feed the hungry babies.  Joy gives Heron a pile of worms to feed her babies.  Joy grabs a whole pile of worms and puts it on the edge of the boat. Heron takes the worms away and the babies are thrilled to have food.  This simple act of kindness saved the day for the hungry babies.

It is important to be considerate to others to help make our world a better place. Living in a kind environment feels better for everyone. This makes me think that when people are kind it can help people in ways we might not even know. Acts of kindness can spread quickly and have a powerful impact. In this animated short Joy and Heron, the theme of looking out for others shows how important it is to be kind-hearted.

What is an act of kindness that you have done?