Never Wait To Be Kind
Kindness is not really an act, as much as it is a personal trait. You’re either kind all the time, or your kind only when it suits you. Hopefully, more and more of us are choosing to be kind all of the time, because we should never wait to be kind. Continue reading “Never Wait To Be Kind”
Chatting with a friend the other day, and we landed on the topic of the first step to becoming a more positive person. We debated if there were many steps to this transformation, or perhaps just one.
Life is full of ironies. Sometimes, we have to go backwards to move forward. And sometimes, we need to get angry to become happy. Life really can be quite the adventure, wouldn’t you say?
Toxic emotions and habits pose a serious threat to our happiness and even our health. Bitterness, or, “resentment,” are particularly dangerous, because they take us off our path of the present and trap us in the past.
At one time or another, all of us have put undue pressure on other people and even on ourselves. We know we shouldn’t do this, and we vow that we won’t, but ultimately, we usually forget and end up doing so.
The very best things in life really are free. Love, family, compassion, faith — all of these things are free and yet, their value is immeasurable. There are so many things just as important and just as free of cost.
Its begun. Or has it ever stopped? I’m of course talking about the seemingly unending political posts on social media. For some reason, certain people just can’t help but drag politics into everything.
As children in my family, we were encouraged to find a purpose and focus on things that held our interest. We were taught that as as we grew older, our purpose(s) and interests would develop and mature with us. They did.
I’ll do it later. I’ll go back to school to get my degree some day. I’ll take that dream trip to Paris one day! We’re all guilty of putting things and people off — how often have we promised to reach out to a friend, only to discover years have now passed?
We’ve come to recognize red flags in people in order to protect ourselves from their toxicity. But what about what are known as green flags in people? Do we still have the ability to see the kindness and good in people?