Are You Kind?

As kids, many of us were taught to “be nice” and “polite”. To me, these teachings feel more like a ploy to make kids behave, and not so much about educating them on how their actions affect those around them. While yes, it’s good to be nice and polite and not act like a total brat, but I feel there’s a much needed component missing: kindness.  

The difference between being “nice and polite” and being “kind” is that niceness and politeness can be superficial and based on how we want to appear to others, while kindness comes from a true place of caring. Acts of kindness connect us to one another and make us feel good – whether we’re the one performing the act or the one on the receiving end. With any of this it’s important to remember – as this week’s message states – to be kind not only to others, but to ourselves as well. This way, it builds our reserve so we can maintain acts of kindness in an oftentimes unkind world.

So let’s go out, be kind to our fellow human and other beings, and tip the scale closer to creating the kinder, gentler world we all deserve.

With Love.

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From Over There: 8.10.14 Weekly Focus

Pay attention to your words. Pay attention to your actions. When one chooses the way of kindness, one lovingly takes responsibility for the well-being of all. This is responsibility without burden, as it uplifts both the recipients of the kind act and the giver of kindness as well.

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This week’s question:

Q: How can we better stay in a place of kindness when someone isn’t being particularly kind to us?

A. When suffering at the hands of another, it is not to allow or condone their behavior that is the way to kindness. Rather, it is through kindness toward the self that will allow better understanding as to why one would abuse or act disrespectfully toward another. Kindness toward the self allows the building of a foundation of strength that changes perspective from one of angry or powerless victim to one of empowerment and choice. Understanding that one has the power of choice through free will, one can choose the reaction to the offensive behavior directed toward them. Instead of the constant struggle of defense against the act, one aligns with the power of kindness which does not engage with such derogatory acts. When aligned with the power of kindness, one allows life to flow from a place of the greater good of all. From this place each individual has the capacity to shine a light for others to also rise to a state of kindness. This state of kindness reduces fear and allows for a more tolerant and heart-centered global community.

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