Material wealth is at a premium today. Nobility is a manifestation of spiritual wealth, so it is not valued. Unfortunately, it is becoming less and less common to meet people who possess the set of qualities that all aristocrats previously possessed. Do you want to know how to become like a blue-blooded person? Then read the article.
Definition
Nobility is the totality positive qualities, which make a person exalted in the eyes of others. What does it include? Honesty, frankness, sincerity, kindness and caring. People who combine this set of qualities do not pursue profit. They know how to distinguish real values from fake ones. For good man money is not an object of desire, but a vital necessity. True nobility is manifested in the little things. A person who helps not only relatives and friends, but also strangers, does not flaunt his positive character traits, and also does only honest and fair things, is worthy of respect. A noble soul will always tell you what to do in difficult situations. life situation and at the same time not fall on your face.
Congenital or acquired?
Nobility is a set of character traits. Contrary to popular belief, nobility can be acquired not only at birth, but also developed independently. Everything will depend on the person’s upbringing, as well as on the environment. It is the people around you who lay the foundation of character. Therefore, parents should pay increased attention to the upbringing of their child, so that later he can apply nobility in life. A child must be taught from childhood to work and to discipline. It is necessary to explain to the child that helping others is not an obligation, but a necessity. It is imperative to instill in your child the concept of what is good and what is bad. And developing good manners will help complete your education. And in order for the process of education of a young pupil to go better, parents should not only talk about what nobility is, but also show its manifestation by their own example.
Positive traits
A person who considers himself noble must confirm his words in practice. And also in his nature there must be the following features:
- Charity. A person who spares no effort and time to help others is worthy of respect. Such people can show their positive character traits by helping the homeless, orphans or those who are in a poor financial situation. Moreover, the help of such people is not always expressed in material support.
- The desire to improve the world. A person who wants all people on the planet to be happy deserves to bear the title of noble. This is encouraging, since most of the inhabitants of our country do not set any goal for themselves. They waste their lives senselessly, without thinking about why they came into this world.
- Responsibility for your words. Every person must keep his promises. But few people do this. People think that given promise easy to take back. A man who does not keep his word cannot be called noble.
Personal qualities
- Courage. A person who creates and wants to do good should not be afraid to openly express his desire. As the people say, one does not seek good from good. Therefore, sometimes nobility is not perceived appropriately by others, who are accustomed to seeing a catch in everything.
- Nobility is courage. A person who is able not only to show courage once, but also to show it at a crucial moment, for example, on the battlefield, has courage, but a person who is afraid to walk a girl home at night does not have it.
- Kindness. Only sincerely kind person may be noble. Such people will treat well not only those who deserve it, but also those who do not deserve it.
- Simplicity. The nobility of people is manifested in the absence of arrogance and kitsch. The simpler a person is, the kinder and more sincere he is.
Features of the principles of nobility
- Same for all countries. Nobility is human behavior that, in connection with positive features character makes a person inimitable. Good behavior and attitude should be shown to residents of all countries. Regardless of what kind of education a person has, what kind of education he has social status or political preference, each person is equal to another. Anyone who understands this and puts it into practice is a noble person.
- They have a standard. In any country there are legends about a fictional or real person who is a symbol of nobility. The most famous such person is Robin Hood.
- Created by a group of people. Each person can behave the way he wants, as long as his behavior does not hurt the interests of other people. But in order to become a noble person, a person must adhere to generally accepted standards and norms of behavior.
- Doesn't tolerate pretense. A person who wants to become noble will never set himself the goal of showing off in front of someone. The desire to help must be sincere and personal. It is impossible to force someone to become noble.
How nobility is manifested
Ideal people doesn't happen. But people who behave nobly exist. The dignity of nobility does not lie in its encouragement, but in the fact that a person improves this world through his actions. To do good and act nobly, you can make grand gestures. For example, a person can adopt a child from an orphanage. This good deed, which will make the baby’s life happy. What if it is not possible to take the child? You can shelter a stray kitten or puppy. Such actions are also noble. A person should help others to the best of his ability and ability. For example, film actors do charity work. If they do not flaunt their activities, but simply help people, then this is very noble. But every person living in the world who cannot give large sums for the treatment of sick children or adults, he can still take part in some charity event. For example, plant trees around the city or hold a cleanup day in a nearby park.
Is sacrifice nobility?
Some people confuse the concepts. And if nobility and honor are words consonant with each other in meaning, then sacrifice and nobility are not the same thing. Yes, the person who does gratuitous good deeds, spends his own money to accomplish them free time. But you still need to always use common sense. For example, often single mothers devote all their free time to their children. What seems unusual here? But when the child grows up, the mother will begin to demand attention from him to his own person. An elderly woman will not be able to achieve anything and will blame the child for this. After all, he took up all her free time. Do you find nobility here? He's not here. But there are a lot of such examples that can be given. A person who helped you once, and then will pretend to be a victim for 10 years, has nothing to do with nobility.
Examples
When it comes to nobility, what comes to mind first? Well, of course, knights and noble ladies. The word "nobility" is associated with men. Why? Previously, this system of qualities was inherent in people with “blue blood”. They performed in tournaments, demonstrating their courage, challenged them to a duel, defending their honor, and won the hearts of ladies by performing feats. Today, examples of nobility are rarer. But this quality is now inherent not only in men, but also in women. The concept itself has become broader. The phrases “noble profession” and “noble deed” can be found in everyday speech. What professions can be called noble? Teachers, doctors and educators are those professions that people choose not for the sake of monetary well-being. And what actions can be called noble? Those that a person does not for the sake of acquiring some kind of regalia, but in order to help someone. What could it be? For example, free assistance to neighbors on the landing or organization children's party in an orphanage.
Future and nobility
Have you ever thought about the future of our society? What will it look like in 10 or 50 years? Will there remain good, sincere people in our country, or will corruption enslave everyone who has not yet been touched by its clawed paws? The nobility of a man today is helping others, and especially ladies. But if good manners are gradually becoming a thing of the past, can we expect that nobility will not follow their example? Let's hope not. Kindness is what distinguishes a decent person. Courage, pride, faith in yourself and your homeland - these qualities are also needed by a person who wants to claim nobility. But it's easier here. A person needs these qualities in order to take a decent position in society. But for some reason people change dramatically when they gain power. They say she spoils people. Is this true? No. A person simply begins to allow himself what he did not allow before. It turns out that his true essence comes out. In order not to kill nobility, parents must raise their children correctly. Teach the younger generation to work, talk about good manners and etiquette. And most importantly, do not forget to demonstrate everything by your own example.
Every day in Russia, ordinary citizens perform feats and do not pass by when someone needs help. A country should know its heroes, so this selection is dedicated to brave, caring people who have proven by deeds that heroism has a place in our lives.
1. Unusual incident with miraculous salvation occurred in the city of Lesnoy. A 26-year-old engineer named Vladimir Startsev saved a two-year-old girl who fell from a fourth-floor balcony.
“I was returning from the sports ground, where I was training with children. “I saw some kind of pandemonium,” Startsev recalls. “People under the balcony were fussing, shouting something, waving their arms. I raise my head up, and there is a little girl from last bit of strength grabs the outer edge of the balcony.” Here, according to Vladimir, he developed the climber’s syndrome. Moreover, the athlete has been practicing sambo and rock climbing for many years. Physical form allowed. He assessed the situation and intended to climb the wall to the fourth floor.
“I’m already prepared to jump onto the first floor balcony, I look up, and the child is flying down! I instantly regrouped and relaxed my muscles to catch it. We were taught this way during training,” says Vladimir Startsev. “She landed right in my arms, cried, of course, she was scared.”
2. It happened on August 15th. That day, my sister and nephews and I came to the river to swim. Everything was fine - heat, sun, water. Then my sister says to me: “Lesha, look, a man has drowned, there, he’s floating past. The drowned man was carried away by the fast current, and I had to run about 350 meters until I caught up with him. And our river is mountainous, there are cobblestones, while I was running, I fell several times, but I got up and continued running, and barely caught up. 
The drowned man turned out to be a child. The face shows all the signs of a drowned person - an unnaturally swollen belly, a bluish-black body, swollen veins. I didn't even understand if it was a boy or a girl. He pulled the child ashore and began pouring water out of him. The stomach, the lungs - everything was filled with water, the tongue kept sinking. I asked for a towel next to me standing people. No one served, they were disdainful, they were afraid of the girl’s appearance, and they spared their beautiful towels for her. And I'm wearing nothing but swimming trunks. Because of the fast running, and while I was pulling her out of the water, I was exhausted, there was not enough air for artificial respiration.
About resuscitation
Thank God, my colleague, nurse Olga, was passing by, but she was on the other side. She started screaming for me to bring the child to her shore. The child, who swallowed water, became incredibly heavy. The men responded to the request to take the girl to the other side. There Olga and I continued all resuscitation efforts. They drained the water as best they could, did cardiac massage, artificial respiration, for 15-20 minutes there was no reaction, neither from the girl nor from the onlookers standing nearby. I asked to call an ambulance, no one called, and the ambulance station was nearby, 150 meters away. Olga and I couldn’t afford to be distracted even for a second, so we couldn’t even call. After some time, a boy was found and he ran to call for help. In the meantime, we were all trying to revive a little girl, five years old. Out of despair, Olga even began to cry; it seemed that there was no hope. Everyone around said, stop these useless attempts, you will break all her ribs, why are you mocking the dead man. But then the girl sighed, and the nurse who came running heard the sounds of a heartbeat.
3. A third grader saved three young children from a burning hut. For his heroism, 11-year-old Dima Filyushin was almost flogged at home. 
... On the day when a fire broke out on the outskirts of the village, twin brothers Andryusha and Vasya and five-year-old Nastya were alone at home. Mom left for work. Dima was returning from school when he noticed flames in the neighbors' windows. The boy looked inside - the curtains were on fire, and three-year-old Vasya was sleeping next to him on the bed. Of course, the schoolboy could have called the rescue service, but without hesitation, he rushed to save the kids himself.
4. A young 17-year-old girl from Zarechny, Marina Safarova, became a real hero. The girl used a sheet to pull the fishermen, her brother, and the snowmobile out of the hole. 
Before the onset of spring, the young people decided to last time visit the Sursky Reservoir, in the Penza region, and after that “give up” until next year, since the ice is no longer as reliable as a month ago. Without going far, the guys left the car on the shore, and they themselves moved 40 meters from the edge and drilled holes. While her brother was fishing, the girl drew sketches of the landscape, and after a couple of hours she froze and went to the car to warm up, and at the same time warm up the engine.
Under the weight of the motorized equipment, the ice could not stand it and broke in the places where the holes were drilled, like after a hammer drill. People began to drown, the snowmobile hung on the edge of the ice by its ski, this entire structure threatened to break off completely, then people would have had very little chance of salvation. The men clung with all their strength to the edge of the ice hole, but their warm clothes immediately got wet and literally pulled them to the bottom. In this situation, Marina did not think about the possible danger and rushed to the rescue.
Having grabbed her brother, the girl, however, was unable to help him in any way, since the ratio of the forces of our heroine and the superior mass turned out to be too unequal. Run for help? But not a single living soul is visible in the area, only a company of the same fishermen can be seen on the horizon. Go to the city for help?
So while time passes, people may simply drown from hypothermia. Thinking like this, Marina intuitively ran to the car. Having opened the trunk in search of an item that could help in the situation, the girl drew attention to the bag of bed linen that she had taken from the laundry. - The first thing that came to mind was to twist a rope out of sheets, tie it to the car and try to pull them out. – Marinochka remembers
The stack of laundry was enough for almost 30 meters, it could have been longer, but the girl tied the makeshift cable with double calculation.
“I’ve never braided braids so quickly,” the rescuer laughs, “in about three minutes I braided about thirty meters, this is a record.” The girl risked driving the remaining distance to the people on the ice.
- Near the shore it is still very strong, I slid onto the ice and slowly drove backwards. She opened the door just in case and drove off. The cable made from the sheets turned out to be so strong that in the end they pulled out not only people, but also a snowmobile. After the rescue operation was completed, the men took off their clothes and climbed into the car.
- I don’t even have a license yet, I took it, but I’ll get it only in a month, when I turn 18. While I was driving them home, I was worried that traffic cops would suddenly come across me, and I would have no license, although in theory they would have let me go, or helped me take everyone home.
5. Little hero Buryatia - this is how 5-year-old Danila Zaitsev was dubbed in the republic. This little boy saved his older sister Valya from death. When the girl fell into the wormwood, her brother held her for a whole half hour so that the current would not drag Valya under the ice. 
When the boy’s hands were cold and tired, he grabbed his sister’s hood with his teeth and did not let go until his neighbor, 15-year-old Ivan Zhamyanov, came to the rescue. The teenager was able to pull Valya out of the water and carried the exhausted and frozen girl in his arms to his home. There the child was wrapped in a blanket and given hot tea.
Having learned about this story, the leadership of the local school turned to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with a request to reward both boys for their heroic deed.
6. 35-year-old resident of Uralsk Rinat Fardiev was repairing his car when he suddenly heard a loud knock. Running to the scene of the incident, he saw a sinking car and, without thinking twice, rushed into the icy water and began to pull out the victims. 
“At the scene of the accident, I saw the confused driver and passengers of the VAZ, who in the darkness could not understand where the car they crashed into had gone. Then I followed the tracks of the wheels down and found the Audi upside down in the river. I immediately entered the water and began to pull people out of the car. First I took out the driver and the passenger who was sitting in the front seat, and then the two passengers in the back seat. They were already unconscious at that time.”
Unfortunately, one of the people saved by Rinat did not survive - a 34-year-old passenger in the Audi died from hypothermia. Other victims were hospitalized and at the moment have already been discharged. Rinat himself works as a driver and does not see any special heroism in his action. “Even at the scene of the accident, the traffic cops told me that they would decide on my promotion. But from the very beginning I did not seek publicity or receive any awards; the main thing is that I managed to save people,” he said.
7. A Saratovite who pulled two little boys out of the water: “I thought that I didn’t know how to swim. But when I heard the screams, I immediately forgot about everything.” 
Heard screams local resident, 26-year-old Vadim Prodan. Running up to the concrete slabs, he saw Ilya drowning. The boy was 20 meters from the shore. The man, without wasting time, rushed to save the boy. In order to pull the child out, Vadim had to dive several times - but when Ilya appeared from under the water, he was still conscious. On the shore, the boy told Vadim about his friend, who was no longer visible.
The man returned to the water and swam towards the reeds. He began to dive and look for the child, but he was nowhere to be seen. And suddenly Vadim felt his hand catch on something - diving again, he found Misha. Grabbing him by the hair, the man pulled the boy ashore, where he performed artificial respiration. A few minutes later Misha regained consciousness. A little later, Ilya and Misha were taken to the Ozinsk Central Hospital.
“I always thought to myself that I didn’t know how to swim, just to stay on the water a little,” Vadim admits, “But as soon as I heard the screams, I immediately forgot about everything, and there was no fear, there was only one thought in my head - I need to help.
While rescuing the boys, Vadim hit a piece of reinforcement lying in the water and suffered a leg injury. Later at the hospital he received several stitches.
8. Schoolchildren from the Krasnodar region Roman Vitkov and Mikhail Serdyuk saved an elderly woman from a burning house. 
While heading home, they saw a building on fire. Running into the yard, the schoolchildren saw that the veranda was almost completely engulfed in fire. Roman and Mikhail rushed into the barn to get a tool. Grabbing a sledgehammer and an ax, breaking out the window, Roman climbed into the window opening. An elderly woman was sleeping in a smoky room. They managed to get the victim out only after breaking the door.
9. And in the Chelyabinsk region, priest Alexey Peregudov saved the life of the groom at a wedding. 
During the wedding, the groom lost consciousness. The only one who was not at a loss in this situation was Priest Alexey Peregudov. He quickly examined the man lying down, suspected cardiac arrest and provided first aid, including chest compressions. As a result, the sacrament was successfully completed. Father Alexey noted that he had only seen chest compressions in movies.
10. A veteran distinguished himself in Mordovia Chechen war Marat Zinatullin, who saved an elderly man from a burning apartment. 
Having witnessed the fire, Marat acted like a professional firefighter. He climbed up the fence onto a small barn, and from there climbed onto the balcony. He broke the glass, opened the door leading from the balcony to the room, and got inside. The 70-year-old owner of the apartment was lying on the floor. The pensioner, who was poisoned by smoke, could not leave the apartment on his own. Marat, opening front door from the inside, carried the owner of the house into the entrance.
11. An employee of the Kostroma colony, Roman Sorvachev, saved the lives of his neighbors in a fire. 
Entering the entrance of his house, he immediately identified the apartment from which the smell of smoke was coming. The door was opened by a drunk man who assured that everything was fine. However, Roman called the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The rescuers who arrived at the scene of the fire were unable to enter the premises through the door, and the uniform of an EMERCOM employee prevented them from entering the apartment through the narrow window frame. Then Roman climbed up the fire escape, entered the apartment and pulled out an elderly woman and an unconscious man from a heavily smoky apartment.
12. Resident of the village of Yurmash (Bashkortostan) Rafit Shamsutdinov saved two children in a fire. 
Fellow villager Rafita lit the stove and, leaving two children - a three-year-old girl and a one-and-a-half-year-old son, went to school with the older children. Rafit Shamsutdinov noticed smoke from the burning house. Despite the abundance of smoke, he managed to enter the burning room and take out the children.
13. Dagestani Arsen Fitzulaev prevented a disaster at a gas station in Kaspiysk. Only later did Arsen realize that he was actually risking his life. 
An explosion suddenly occurred at one of the gas stations within the boundaries of Kaspiysk. As it turned out later, a foreign car driving at high speed crashed into a gas tank and knocked down the valve. A minute of delay, and the fire would have spread to nearby tanks with flammable fuel. In such a scenario, casualties could not be avoided. However, the situation was radically changed by a modest gas station worker, who, through skillful actions, prevented the disaster and reduced its scale to a burnt-out car and several damaged cars.
14. And in the village of Ilyinka-1, Tula region, schoolchildren Andrei Ibronov, Nikita Sabitov, Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin pulled a pensioner out of a well. 
78-year-old Valentina Nikitina fell into a well and could not get out on her own. Andrei Ibronov and Nikita Sabitov heard the cries for help and immediately rushed to save the elderly woman. However, three more guys had to be called in for help - Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin. Together the guys managed to pull an elderly pensioner out of the well. “I tried to climb out, the well is shallow - I even reached the edge with my hand. But it was so slippery and cold that I couldn’t grab the hoop. And when I raised my hands, ice water poured into the sleeves. I screamed and called for help, but the well is located far from residential buildings and roads, so no one heard me. I don’t even know how long this lasted... Soon I began to feel sleepy, with the last of my strength I raised my head and suddenly saw two boys looking into the well!” – said the victim.
15. In Bashkiria, a first-grader saved a three-year-old child from icy water. 
When Nikita Baranov from the village of Tashkinovo, Krasnokamsk region, accomplished his feat, he was only seven. Once, while playing with friends on the street, a first-grader heard a child crying coming from a trench. They installed gas in the village: the dug holes were filled with water, and three-year-old Dima fell into one of them. There were no builders or other adults nearby, so Nikita himself pulled the choking boy to the surface
16. A man in the Moscow region saved his 11-month-old son from death by cutting the boy’s throat and inserting the base of a fountain pen there so that the choking baby could breathe. 
An 11-month-old baby's tongue sunk and he stopped breathing. The father, realizing that seconds were counting, took kitchen knife, made an incision in the son’s throat and inserted a tube into it, which he made from a pen.
17. Shielded my brother from bullets. The story took place at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 
In Ingushetia, it is customary for children to congratulate friends and relatives in their homes at this time. Zalina Arsanova and her younger brother were leaving the entrance when shots were heard. In a neighboring yard, an attempt was made on one of the FSB officers. When the first bullet pierced the facade of the nearest house, the girl realized that it was shooting, and her younger brother was in the line of fire, and covered him with herself. girl with gunshot wound was taken to Malgobek Clinical Hospital No. 1, where she underwent surgery. Internal organs Surgeons had to assemble the 12-year-old child literally piece by piece. Luckily everyone survived
18. Students of the Iskitim branch of the Novosibirsk Assembly College - 17-year-old Nikita Miller and 20-year-old Vlad Volkov - became real heroes of the Siberian town. 
Of course: the guys captured an armed robber who was trying to rob a grocery kiosk.
19. A young man from Kabardino-Balkaria saved a child in a fire. 
In the village of Shithala, Urvan district of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a residential building caught fire. Even before the firefighters arrived, the entire neighborhood came running to the house. No one dared to enter the burning room. Twenty-year-old Beslan Taov, having learned that there was a child left in the house, without hesitation, rushed to his aid. Having previously doused himself with water, he entered the burning house and a few minutes later came out with the baby in his arms. The boy named Tamerlan was unconscious; in a few minutes he could not be saved. Thanks to the heroism of Beslan, the child remained alive.
20. A resident of St. Petersburg did not allow the girl to die. 
A resident of St. Petersburg, Igor Sivtsov, was driving a car when he saw a drowning man in the waters of the Neva. Igor immediately called the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and then attempted to save the drowning girl on his own.
Bypassing the traffic jam, he came as close as possible to the parapet of the embankment, where the drowning woman was carried by the current. As it turned out, the woman did not want to be saved; she tried to take her own life by jumping from the Volodarsky Bridge. After talking with the girl, Igor convinced her to swim to the shore, where he managed to pull her out. After that, he turned on all the heaters in his car and sat the victim down to warm up until the ambulance arrived.
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World boxing champion built 1,000 houses for poor Filipinos
Once upon a time, Manny Pacquiao was an ordinary Filipino boy from a poor family, but now he is the only boxer in the world to win the world championship in 8 years. weight categories. With his first large fee, he built houses for the residents of his home village of Tango. Today, a thousand houses have already been built with his money.
Syrian man stayed in abandoned Aleppo to take care of cats
Alaa Jaleel from Aleppo risked his life every day to provide food and shelter to those in need. And when people left the city, he stayed to take care of their pets. He has more than a hundred cats, including a kitten that one little girl left him when she left. “I said I would take care of him until she came back,” Ala says.
The teacher organized a "Gentlemen's Club" for boys from single-parent families
Raymond Nelson is a teacher in a South Carolina school. He had trouble dealing with the bullies in his class. So he bought jackets and ties and created a “Gentlemen’s Club”, where boys learn once a week what fathers usually tell their sons: how to tie ties, how to address elders and how to be polite to your mother, grandmother or sister. Nelson's strict dress code serves a purpose, because a man wearing a tuxedo won't fight. “I understand that they behave badly not because they are bad, but because they simply lack attention and love,” says the teacher.
Danish woman rescues two-year-old Nigerian boy abandoned by his parents
Almost a year has passed since Danish woman Anja Ringgren Loven found an emaciated two-year-old baby on the street. She named him Hope. His own parents kicked the boy out of the house, considering him a “sorcerer.” Then he was a little more than a year, and he survived only thanks to handouts from passers-by. Anya took him to her shelter, which she shares with her husband, David Emmanuel Umem. 35 rescued children from one to 14 years old live there.
When Anya posted a photo with Hope on Facebook, users from all over the world began to transfer money to her. In total, $1 million was raised. Anya and her husband have plans for a big orphanage and a clinic for children. And Hope now does not at all resemble a “skeleton on legs.” This is a cheerful baby who, according to his adoptive mother, “enjoys life to the fullest.”
Runner sacrifices future medal to help injured competitor
At the Olympics, in the 5,000-meter race, New Zealand runner Nikki Hambly faced American Abby D'Agostino. Nikki helped her opponent up, and then they ran together, supporting each other. Both athletes not only qualified for the finals, but were also awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for demonstrating nobility and the true spirit of sport during the Olympic Games.
Thousands of people supported the girl whose birthday no one came to
None of the invitees came to 18-year-old Hallee Sorenson's birthday party. Then her cousin Rebecca asked netizens to support Halle with a card with the couple kind words. And something amazing happened - a post office in Maine was flooded with letters and postcards. In total, the girl received 10 thousand cards and gifts.
Schoolchildren repeated graduation ceremony for their classmate who was in a car accident
Scott Dunn got into trouble car accident just before graduation. After waking up from his coma, Scott was terribly upset that he had missed such an important day. But as soon as the young man began to recover, the school principal called his parents and said: “We want to do something special for your son.” It turned out that Scott's classmates had prepared a personal graduation for him. Both the holiday and congratulatory speeches, and graduation outfits, but this time only one diploma was awarded. Scott was shocked to the core: “I have no words. It’s incredible to realize how many people actually care about me.”
A homeless Thai man received housing and a job in gratitude for his honest deed
A 44-year-old homeless Thai man named Waralop found a wallet at a metro station. Despite the fact that he had no money at all, and in his wallet there were 20 thousand baht ($ 580) and credit cards, he did not spend it on his own needs, but took the find to the police. The owner of the wallet turned out to be 30-year-old factory owner Niity Pongkriangyos, who was amazed by the homeless man's honesty. He admitted that if he himself had found himself in such a situation, he would hardly have returned the wallet. In gratitude, Niiti provided Varalop with a service apartment and gave him work in his factory. Now the former homeless man earns 11 thousand baht ($317) a month and no longer sleeps in the subway.
In Altai, a fisherman rescued a drowning moose from an ice hole.
Barnaul resident Ivan Drachev was returning from fishing and noticed a moose that had fallen through the ice. On the third attempt, Ivan threw a rope lasso over its hoof and pulled the animal out. The elk was very cold and shivering, so we had to rub him. “It was funny when I sat down next to him, he put his muzzle on my knee and snorted. It seems like a cow, but it understands everything,” Ivan wrote on his blog.
- (38 words) In Pushkin’s novel “ Captain's daughter“Peter acted nobly when he gave his sheepskin coat to Pugachev. Grinev ignored class barriers and helped to the common man without demanding anything in return. This is where the true nobility of the soul is expressed. Respecting him, the chieftain even spared the enemy.
- (50 words) In Kuprin’s work “ Wonderful doctor» the hero saved strangers from death in a damp basement. He gave them free medicine and left money on the table, even though they didn’t ask him for anything. I see nobility in his action, because Pirogov helped the Mertsalov family free of charge and voluntarily, without expecting praise.
- (57 words) In Kuprin’s work “The Duel,” Romashov was truly noble towards Shurochka. He agreed not to shoot her husband in a duel because of only one request from a woman who was parting with him forever. He paid for this quality, receiving a mortal wound from a treacherous enemy. However, his example still inspires me to meet people halfway and keep my word.
- (39 words) In Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” Tatyana is a very noble girl. In order to remain faithful to her husband, she rejects her first and only love. Her decision elevates her above a society where everyone boasts of their origins without being a truly noble person.
- (54 words) In Dostoevsky’s novel “Poor People,” the hero is little man, a modest tradesman, but it is his heart that is distinguished by its nobility, but more noble and rich people will never be able to equal him. Makar alone takes part in the fate of the unfortunate Varenka and gives the girl all his savings not out of self-interest, but out of pity and love for her.
- (57 words) In Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor,” Starodum teaches the reader nobility, talking about true and false virtues. Power, origin and wealth in his time meant nothing in comparison with talent, courage and intelligence. So he favors the wise and meek Sophia and punishes the vicious and ignorant Prostokovs. He connected loving hearts and exposed the deception - this is nobility.
- (53 words) In Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit,” Chatsky is noble, but the respectable nobles do not even have the remotest idea of this quality. Alexander denounces cruelty, hypocrisy and ignorance, tries to defend the rights of the peasants, and Famusov society tries only to expose him and defends only his position. Only those who are not indifferent to the world and people are noble.
- (36 words) In Pushkin’s work “Dubrovsky” the hero is noble robber, who takes ill-gotten wealth from the wealthy and gives it to his poor and oppressed brethren. His gang rebelled against social injustice, so Vladimir’s rightness is beyond doubt.
- (50 words) In Sholokhov’s story “The Fate of a Man,” the hero proves his nobility in deeds, and not on the family tree. Andrei defends his homeland, sacrificing everything: he lost his family, freedom, health and incentive to live on. However, Sokolov did not break and got out of captivity. When he returned, he adopted an orphan. All this characterizes the noble and strong in spirit a man.
- (38 words) In Solzhenitsyn’s story “ Matrenin Dvor"The heroine raised someone else's girl as my own daughter. Matryona devoted herself entirely to raising Kira. She even died helping her drag her own things across the rails. Such selfless love Only a noble heart can do it.
- (36 words) I will remember for the rest of my life the noble deed of my relative, who gratuitously gave up his share of the inheritance to his sister because she was raising a disabled son. Although he huddled in rented apartments, he never regretted his choice.
- (47 words) We owe the noble intentions of the Tretyakov brothers the largest art gallery in our country, which even today bears their name. Patrons and collectors have collected the rarest items for their beloved city. museum exhibits from all over the world. They did all this not for themselves, but for the entire fatherland, showing the paintings to everyone.
- (45 words) I consider my friend to be a truly noble person. I once accidentally broke his mother's favorite watch while I was visiting. So he took my blame upon himself so that his parents would not think anything bad about me. He got it really bad, but he didn’t give me away.
- (45 words) In Anton Megerdichev’s film “Moving Up,” the coach showed nobility by assembling a team not from the privileged CSK, but from all over Soviet Union. He gave athletes from the outskirts of a huge country a chance to prove themselves and succeed in basketball. In gratitude for this, they played to the limit of their capabilities.
- (51 words) In O. Trofim’s film “Ice,” Sanya acquires nobility along with love. When he sees his unwitting “patient” fall on the ice, he drops everything and rushes to international competitions to help her get back on her feet. He helps Nadya, they perform triumphantly together. This example proves that it is never too late to become noble.
- (51 words) In Janik Fayziev’s film “The Legend of Kolovrat,” the main characters, real warriors, showed nobility, sacrificing their lives to save children. They gave battle to the hordes of foreign invaders and held back the onslaught until the children escaped by rafting down the river. This feat may not go down in history, but it will certainly inspire people to be kinder and more noble.
- (41 words) For me, nobility is the desire to take care of others, supported by real action. For example, my relatives regularly transfer money to families with sick children who need help. They do this anonymously, without publicity, and in this small act of kindness I see true good.
- (54 words) In the newspaper I read about a man who set up a shelter for dogs on his land. From the city, people brought to him those animals that had nowhere to live. In the spacious yard they found home and care, as well as a chance to settle down in loving family. It is very noble of him to take on the problem of stray dogs.
- (47 words) In a magazine I saw an article about the life of Alexei Tolstoy. It said that the writer received a 100,000th prize in 1943. Then there were hard times, and the author decided to help his country by donating money for the construction of a tank for the defense of his homeland. This is a very noble decision that saved more than one life.
- (48 words) I read on one blog that Elon Musk, an inventor and engineer, plans to launch a satellite that will distribute free Internet everywhere. This measure will allow millions of people to gain knowledge and skills that are currently unavailable to them due to the lack of accessible education. I believe that this is one of the most noble intentions in the history of mankind. Interesting? Save it on your wall!
Examples from life, cinema and media
However, everything is not so bad: Faktrum gives 10 wonderful examples of human kindness and compassion.
1. Mother Teresa's work
In 1999, on the threshold of the new millennium, Americans voted to recognize Mother Teresa as the most revered person of the century. And according to a CNN poll, she was more admired than Martin Luther King, John Kennedy, Albert Einstein and Helen Keller.
What makes her so special?
Mother Teresa, born Agnez Gonce Bojaxhiu and called the Angel of Mercy, was a missionary and nun of the Roman Catholic Church who dedicated her entire life to helping others. Today, when people think of saints, they usually think of Mother Teresa.
In 1950, Mother Teresa founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. main task which was caring for the sick, homeless and helpless. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize peace. However, one highly controversial study conducted in 2013 suggested that Mother Teresa's reputation and saintliness may be somewhat exaggerated. She truly dedicated her life to helping others, but her homes for the dying sometimes could offer nothing more than prayer to alleviate suffering.
Mother Teresa died in 1997.
2. "Project Linus"
"Project Linus" is non-profit organization, which distributes blankets and quilted homemade blankets to sick or injured infants, children and adolescents in hospitals, shelters, social service organizations and charitable organizations. The goal is simple: to give people a sense of security and comfort when they need it most.
Project Linus has local leaders in each state and volunteers called "blanketeers".
For example, in Fayette County, Georgia, volunteers have sewn, crocheted, and then distributed 1,155 blankets to local children since 2010, and in 2012 they sent 147 hand-sewn blankets to children affected by Hurricane Sandy. .
3. "Bikers Against Child Abuse"
Bikers Against Child Abuse (or BACA) is another non-profit organization. Since 1995, they have been working to protect children from violence and raise public awareness about child abuse. Their goal: to make children who have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused stop being afraid. Because the absence of fear is important step on the path to healing. The group also helps fund therapy and therapeutic activities.
Volunteer bikers from this organization strive to make children feel safe. They also try to help in situations where children are abused by law enforcement officers, child care agency employees, and others. No matter where bikers are present - at a court hearing, at a parole hearing, whether they are accompanying a child to school, or just living in the neighborhood - the very fact of such presence makes those who abuse children think twice. No, bikers are not people's vigilantes. They're more like bodyguards. Wouldn't you feel safer if you had a big crowd of guys on Harleys on your side?
4. "Anti-protests" caused by Westboro Church
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is primarily known for its anti-gay stance. Representatives of this church are often seen at various high-profile military funerals. They organize pickets there, holding banners with various defiant slogans.
One can only imagine what started when this highly controversial church suddenly announced that its protests were nothing more than an attempt to stir up the public.
For example, when Vassar College students learned that the Westboro Church was going to hold a vigil at their LGBT-friendly campus, they immediately organized a counter-protest.
And students from Texas A&M University once formed a “human chain” just to stop any attempts by church representatives to picket a military funeral.
Other “anti-protesters” from the Angel Action organization brought with them three-meter angel wings, and covered the church representatives from all sides with them, thereby hiding them from view of others. Another group, the Patriot Guard Riders, also used “nonviolent means of defense” - shields, with which they prevented church representatives from picketing another military funeral.
5. The work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not only a dramatic act of kindness, but also a dramatic act of charity.
Bill Gates, as part of a program he co-created with Warren Buffett, has publicly pledged to donate half the money he earned during his lifetime to charity. By 2011, Bill and Melinda Gates had already transferred $28 billion (that is, more than a third of their fortune) to the Foundation.
The foundation provides money to a variety of organizations to help solve global problems, such as poverty and hunger, address global health issues such as preventive vaccinations and ensuring the availability of reliable medicines. The foundation, for example, gave $112 million to Save the Children to help at-risk newborns and $456 million to MVI, which is developing new vaccines against malaria.
6. Pope John Paul II forgave his would-be murderer
A Turkish assassin named Mehmet Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul II three times in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. This happened on May 13, 1981. One bullet bounced off index finger Dad, and hit him in the stomach. The other one hit my right elbow. Later, John Paul II would say that he survived only thanks to the divine intervention of the Virgin Mary.
On May 17, 1981, just four days after the assassination attempt, the pontiff publicly forgave Agca, saying that he had forgiven him even when he was being taken in an ambulance to the Gemelli Hospital. And in 1983, the Pope visited Agca in prison, where he was serving his 19-year sentence. During this meeting, John Paul II took his would-be killer by the hand and forgave him, this time looking into his eyes.
7. Nelson Mandela invites his jailer to his inauguration
Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage during apartheid in South Africa, after which he spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island.
When he was finally released in 1990, he had no desire to take revenge on his former captors. And moreover, one of them, white man named Christo Brand, he invited him to his presidential inauguration, which took place in 1994. Brand was also invited to the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela. Another of Nelson Mandela's jailers, James Gregory, also talked and wrote a lot about his friendship with the famous political prisoner.
Both Gregory and Brand spoke of their deep respect for Mandela. Brand, in particular, spoke about his transformation from a person who supported apartheid to a person who was categorically against oppression and racial segregation. According to Brand, his life changed greatly under Mandela's influence, and their friendship became a lesson in forgiveness for many in this world.
8. Ivan Fernandez Anaya deliberately loses to Abel Mutai
Kenyan runner Abel Mutai led the cross-country race, which took place in Navarra, Spain in December 2012. The runner thought that he had already crossed the finish line, but in fact there were about 10 meters left to it.
The Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez Anaya, claiming second place, could well have taken gold, but did not do so. Instead, Fernandez Anaya caught up with Mutai and motioned for him to finish first. Fernandez Anaya later stated that he did not deserve first place and chose honesty over victory.
9. Christmas Truce
By December 1914, the First world war has already claimed almost a million lives (and in total 14 million will die in this war), but for one day - Christmas - a truce was established between British and German soldiers.
It is still unknown exactly how true this story is, and how much its details are exaggerated. But if she is to be believed, then the British soldiers in the trenches on the front line suddenly heard a familiar tune coming from the German trenches nearby. It was “Silent Night”, from which unauthorized fraternization between enemies began. There were no gunshots or explosions during the Christmas Truce. The soldiers, quite tired of the war, simply shook hands, and then shared cigarettes and threw canned goods throughout the Western Front.
10. Iphigenia Mukentabana forgave Jean Bosco Biziman
In 1994, in Central Africa An ethnic war raged between the Hutu and Tutsi people. It was that year that Iphigenia Mukentebana's husband and five of her children were killed by Hutu militia. The actual culprit of the horror that befell her family was Iphigenia's neighbor named Jean Bosco Bizimana.
Ten years later, Iphigenia, while weaving baskets as part of the Rwanda's Path to Peace project, met a weaver named Epiphania Mukanundwi, who turned out to be the wife of Jean Bosco Biziman.
Jean Bosco himself served a 7-year sentence in prison for crimes he committed during the genocide, but it was his public request for forgiveness, delivered in a Rwandan court, that helped Iphigenia forgive this man and gave her the strength to move on.
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