Day 18: Be Kind...

 BE KIND, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

I remember coming across this quote in my later high school days. It truly struck me in a very deep and meaningful, and allowed something to shift in me once the idea truly sunk in. So often in life, we are so quick to judge another person - their behaviour, character, what they do, what they say, what they don't say or do.. how they look, how they should look... you know the story.. It took this quote for me to realise true empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. As people often say, put yourself in someone else's shoes before you judge them - and yet even if one does this, there is so much we still know nothing about.

It took a while later where again during my education, but now at a postgraduate level that this lesson of kindness re-entered my life through a friend who is "Kindness guru". It was this first conversation with this classmate which not only made me realise that I probably had a friend for life, but made me view this topic of kindness once again, but on a deeper and more meaningful level having now matured and experienced a bit more of this life thing!

I love this quote above it says it all - "in a world where you can be ANYTHING, BE KIND." Just simple yet profound words. BE KIND. Just be kind. Lend that helping hand without having needed to be asked for it. Share that smile or that sandwich or that piece of advice or comfort with a friend or loved one in a time they really need it. You may be the only one that does.

Kindness matters. The world at present is in chaos. People are dying. People are suffering. People are sad and struggling. BE KIND. Make it a part of your daily life. Help others. Teach others too. To be kind - your family, your colleagues, your friends, your kids - everyone you meet and come across. Imagine just what a different world we would live in if people just had the ability to be kind to yourself and others.

Remember that kindness relates to everyone and thing - not just human. Kindness matters to animals, to the environment and to the world at large. It is one characteristic that can never set you wrong.

So today, remember to BE KIND... and make it a part of your daily habits.

Till tomorrow,

Much love always, Poonam

Wed, 15 December 2021, 06:50, El, SA