If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals.These little acts of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.
A helping ritual that I practice regularly with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area.We’ve become so accustomed to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated voices，“There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car！”And if we have time, we will often pull over and pick it up.It may seem strange, but we actually enjoy it.We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere.Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we live.He smiled at me and said，“I saw you doing it, and it seemed like a good idea.”
Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals.You might like holding a door open for people, visiting lonely elderly people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow off someone else’s driveway.Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful.It’s fun, personally rewarding, and sets a good example.Everyone benefits.
-stand [stænd]v.站立；忍受；位于；停滞 n.站立；货摊
典型例句
He took his stand near the window.
他站在窗旁。
最常用法
stand up 起立
stand out 突出，超越他人
stand against 靠在……上，反对……
stand for 起立表示对……的尊敬，代表……
（can't）stand doing sth./to do sth.（无法）忍受做某事
联想记忆
outstanding adj.杰出的
-regular [ˈregjələr]adj.有规律的；定期的；经常的；正规的；整齐的
典型例句
Getting up at dawn is part of his regular routine.
黎明即起是他的生活规律之一。
最常用法
regular income 固定收入
regular customers 老主顾
联想记忆
regularly adv.有规律地；定期地
irregular adj.不规则的；不整齐的
regularity n.规律性；规则性；匀整；定期
-nurse [nɜːs]n.护士；保姆 v.看护；护理；栽培
典型例句
We’ll have to put the baby to nurse.
我们只能请人照看孩子。
最常用法
nurse sb.through an illness 护理某人至病愈
联想记忆
nursery n.托儿所；保育室；苗圃
-benefit [ˈbenɪfɪt]n.利益；津贴；借助 vt.有益于；得益
典型例句
The new hospital will benefit the entire community.
新医院将有益于整个社区。
最常用法
benefit sb./sth.对某人/某物有益
benefit from 从……中获益
联想记忆
disbenefit n.不利；无益
beneficial adj.有利的；有益的
如果你想让自己的生活安宁祥和，最好做一些友善平和的事情。我最喜欢的一种方式是培养自己乐于助人的习惯。这些小小的善行让你有机会去帮助别人，让你意识到待人友善、乐于助人的感觉有多好。
我跟我的两个孩子经常做的一件事就是捡拾我们周围地区的垃圾。对此我们已经习以为常，我的女儿们经常会兴奋地对我说，“爸爸，这儿有垃圾，请停一下车！”只要时间来得及，我们总是将车开到路边并将垃圾捡起来。这似乎有点不可思议，但我们真的喜欢这样做。我们在公园里，人行道上，几乎在任何地方捡拾垃圾。曾经有一次，我在我们家附近看到一位陌生人在捡垃圾。他笑着对我说，“我看到你这么做了，看来是个好主意。”
捡垃圾只不过是无数善意行为中的一种形式而已。你可以为别人开门，或者去敬老院看望那些孤独的老人，或者清除别人行车道上的积雪。总会想出一些似乎毫不费力但又非常有益的事情。这真的很有趣，自己会感觉很好，也为别人树立了榜样。每个人都会从中受益。