Not a half-step. Not even a key change. Taking it up an octave is a BIG change. It requires stretching my comfort zone. I've been pondering this concept this week and today I choose to step up my kindness and sensitivity.
Two elderly ladies I encountered yesterday prompted my focus on kindness. Both were lonely and and in need of someone to take a moment to listen. That's all it took really... a few minutes. I thought about my mom and my grandmother and how many times they've listened to me, even when what I had to say was probably unimportant. I'm thankful for the many people who take time to be kind to them as I'm not physically present with them on a daily basis. I want to take it up an octave today.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. - Samuel Johnson
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. - Kahlil Gibran
The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth. - Albert Einstein
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - James Matthew Barrie
Hitting the high notes while dancing in the daffodils - I'm going to see how that Works for me on Wednesday!
Two elderly ladies I encountered yesterday prompted my focus on kindness. Both were lonely and and in need of someone to take a moment to listen. That's all it took really... a few minutes. I thought about my mom and my grandmother and how many times they've listened to me, even when what I had to say was probably unimportant. I'm thankful for the many people who take time to be kind to them as I'm not physically present with them on a daily basis. I want to take it up an octave today.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. - Samuel Johnson
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. - Kahlil Gibran
The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth. - Albert Einstein
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - James Matthew Barrie
Hitting the high notes while dancing in the daffodils - I'm going to see how that Works for me on Wednesday!
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9 comments:
those are great quotes and so true.
This is SO true.
I really believe that being kind is one of the most important things a person can be.
Maybe that's why I like you so much!
I love it! So true that a kind word can wash away a world of hurts.
We never know when that one word will bring healing to the broken.
Thanks for reminding us. I, for one, sure needed it today when I want to say lots of UNkind things!
This is so profound. Just days ago I found myself talking to my mom and thinking that perhaps I was talking too much that day because I was/am lonely. I realized the number of times that I have listened to strangers in stores talk, that they too may be lonely and in need of a listening ear. Or....maybe they are just gab bags and I can't tell the difference..LOL! This post spoke to my heart, Thanks!
Theresa
I agree. You spoke it well here and I love the quotes.
Great reminders.
Amen!
Love it!!!!
Sandy
I'm with you on this. Time to step it up a notch.
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