Anu Aggarwal on World Kindness Day: Kindness does exist in the industry

While it is believed that the industry is a very dark and cold place actress Anu Aggarwal says that it is not always so However she adds that in order to receive kindness here you need to be kind yourselfldquoIn the entertainment business kindness does exist though it is on a different scale I basically know that kindness starts with you and if you are not kind there is hardly any sense in complaining others are not You earn peoples kindness by being kind yourself Kindness starts with yourdquo she saysShe adds ldquoI feel each moment in our challenging lives gives us an opportunity to be kind Kindness makes you the most beautiful person in the world It is a Gods gift I have known this since I was very young Real Kindness starts with you being kind to yourself Love yourself which is being kind to yourself and I make sure to do thatrdquoIn fact this kindness is never forgotten she says ldquoAn incident I was reminded of when a comodel found me on LinkedIn He told me the story of how he is so grateful to me lsquoWhyrsquo I asked This is whymdash A year before Aashiqui we were doing a fashion show in Pune We met for the first time on stage and in rehearsal He was depressed as he was having a tough time with his father Not only did I counsel him but also gave him some money as he was broke I was surprised how I did that because at that time I was living alone in Mumbai in a paying guest accommodation and fending for myself paying my rent through money I earned through modellingrdquoShe adds ldquoHe says I was the show stopper a class apart from other models but he was taken aback by my humility He said he also always admired my knowledge on fashion and I shared it for free within other models By telling me this he made me understand that it is the kindness I always practiced that has led me today to have a nonprofit foundation AAF tradeAnu Aggarwal Foundation for my love caring of the peoplerdquoTalking about her foundation Anu says ldquoOur principal values that we promote in AAF have kindness at its core I bring the Director of my non profit am conscious to be kind to the volunteers the employees who I personally am approachable tordquoAnd how can you be kind Well Anu has some pointers for you ldquoImagine what the world would be like if each person did one kind thing for someone else Get started making a difference with these 10 simple ideasTipsCompliment the first three people you talk to write a handwritten note to a teacher say good morning to the person next to you on the elevator pick up litter spend 10 minutes cleaning a park or your neighborhood place uplifting notes in library books on restroom mirrors on someones locker or on their computer screen Also dedicate 24 hours to spreading positivity on social media hold up inspiring signs during rush hour leave a generous tip send flowers to a friend In fact set an alarm to go off three times on World Kindness Day When the alarm sounds stop what youre doing and calltextemail someone simply to tell them how awesome they arerdquoAlso Read Flashback with the Stars THIS is why Isha Koppikar lost trust in certain filmmakers