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Kindness on One Foot A big lesson began with a small coffee cup.
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Jin How to be a good person… That's a thick book.
The book was long. Lunch break was not.
Jin Explain it before I put this foot down!
He tossed Ara a playful challenge.
Ara Then think of something you really dislike.
She paused, then asked.
Jin When someone leaves their dirty cup on my desk!
Even the thought of it annoyed him.
Ara Could you try not doing that to someone else?
It sounded so simple that he stopped.
Jin Wait… That's the cup I left there.
A familiar cup sat on Ara's desk.
Jin I'll wash them today.
He put both feet down and picked both cups up.
Ara Same question on one foot tomorrow?
The learning was not over. But it had begun.
A thought from the Talmud Do not do to others what you would dislike yourself.
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Shabbat 31a · Read the source ↗ A lesson for today Kindness starts with noticing the little inconveniences we leave behind. What is one small task you could stop leaving for someone else today?
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What do I dislike, yet sometimes do to other people?
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About the source and this adaptation Inspired by Hillel and the person who asked to learn while standing on one foot in Shabbat 31a. The source concerns religious learning and conversion. This studio, Jin, Ara and the cup incident are fictional modern adaptations, not the original setting.
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