Be kind and spread it around

"Wherever there is an human being there is an opportunity for kindness". --- Seneca

Whenever you meet someone, even a stranger, show a little kindness.  Whether it be opening the door for a woman carrying a baby or smiling warmly at an old man limping with a cane.  Do something small and work up to larger things.  We live in a cold, uncaring, busy, impatient world where the lack of empathy seems to be the norm.

We have an opportunity to change a small part of this world simply by being kind to all we meet.

Science has proven that when we are kind to someone, not only do we excrete a hormone that makes us feel better but so does the recipient of our kindness and also the observers of our act.  You not only make yourself feel good but the recipient and the observers also feel good at the same time.

All this from one act of kindness.  Think of the magnitude of good feelings if everyone did this.  It is hard to be unhappy when you feel good about your actions and their effects on others.  One small act of kindness to another person can change many lives.

Every day you should make it a part of your daily life to do one act of kindness and increase the number of acts every day.  Try it and see what a difference it makes.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will do an act of kindness every day and increase the number of acts daily.

Sowing and reaping kindness

"Sow a thought, and you reap an act, sow an act, and you reap a habit, sow a habit, and you reap a character, sow a character, and you reap a destiny."  Charles Reade

We all sow and we all reap what we sow.  When we are angry we sow disharmony and reap anger in return.  It is s easy to get into a pattern where angry or sarcastic remarks seem to be our unthinking reply to others.  One person with this mentality can upset a whole group of people and change positive actions and energy into negative actions and energy.

For a week let us try the sowing and reaping of kindness. Think kindly of others and you will sow kind thoughts and reap kind behavior.  Do this repeatedly and it becomes a habit.  Keep habitually doing it and it becomes a part of your character and can change your destiny into something even greater than you can imagine.

All the while you are forming your destiny you are spreading positive energy.  This positive energy grows greater with every kind thought, word or deed.

Lives have been changed in a very short period of time just by doing this.  Try it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will sow kindness and reap the same and allow it to change my destiny.