kindness trumpts all.

Julio Diaz's response to the mugger was different than the normal response meaning that his kindness and offering to take the mugger out for a dinner and to just talk to him instead of judging him and reacting in a such a way of screaming and running away. He treated his mugger like a human and when they were confronted with the problem, they acted civilized and talked things out over dinner which resulted in a positive impact on the mugger. My act of a positive deviance was making my family dinner without mentioning that I was going to. I surpirsed them to a hearty meal of spagetti and meatballs. This is qualified as an act of positive deviance becasue I never make dinner and always rely on my parents to feed me when infact they have just as busy days as I do and don't necessarily have time to plan dinner. They walked into a set table with a great meal. I sweetened the act by doing all the dishes as well. My family was extremely pleased in fact my mom cried tears of joy because she has been so stressed lately and the fact that someone besides herself thought ahead and prepared something for the family took a chunk out of her day to relax. I felt really happy afterwards. To make me family so happy and to allow my mom to relax for a small portion of the night was satisfying for myself. This experience has influenced my thinking about norms in the culture by realizing that sometimes norms are safety nets and if we pushed the boundries with kindness we can really affect peoples lifes in a postive way.