Being Kind
We’re all taught from early childhood that kindness is a very positive virtue that makes life better for everyone. In many ways, we could say that kindness is the principle currency of a civilised society. The better we treat one another, the better the world becomes.
So, we usually feel good about ourselves when we perform an act of kindness. It’s as if we reward ourselves with a healthy dose of positive acknowledgement that encourages us to seek ways to express kindness in the future. But are you willing to be kind to everyone? That’s a more sensitive subject, isn’t it? Freeing ourselves from the bonds of our instinctive judgements and prejudices and offering help to all is not always easy to accomplish. But I’d like to suggest an excellent candidate for your kindness. I’d like to propose someone that you might’ve overlooked. Can you guess who it is?
I’m referring to you.
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If you want to improve the quality of your life across the broad spectrum of your existence, it’s time to adopt a new and powerful mantra. “Be kind and gentle to yourself.”
This isn’t an open invitation to be self-indulgent. It certainly isn’t an excuse to quit when times get tough. It’s simply a reminder to act in ways which serve your highest interests. To be kind to your body and treat it with consummate respect. To give up the habit of judging yourself negatively, harshly and without love. To learn to reserve empowering words of self-acceptance as a counterweight to all the doubts and fears and insecurities you’ve been carrying in your heart since childhood. To encourage positive and uplifting feelings about yourself. To laugh and smile more often. Accepting yourself, despite all the weaknesses, failures, mistakes and follies that make up a portion of our lives, opens your perception to a new way of appreciating your potential. When you break the old habit of neglecting your health, your happiness, your wellbeing and your self-fulfillment, everything will change for the better.