things that inspire kindness
Do you like this flower? Not liking or agreeing with something or someone is not a reason to judge. In fact if our goal is to change it then I think it is necessary to choose our words more carefully. Choosing is not judging. Judging really only works in a Court of Law (most particularly…
Have you ever thought how one simple act of kindness can change the energy of the entire world? Take this beautiful red tulip. Imagine you sent it to the one you love. Imagine you wrote on the card “your love is the nourishment that helps me to grow”. Imagine if you received it? How wonderful…
We all need a helping hand sometimes. Some of us need many hands. Some of us need help all the time. Some of us need a lot of help but for a short time. But at some time we all need a little help. We are all different and yet the same. This is a…
One of the most powerful words in the english language is “thank you”. To truly appreciate another for something they have done or given to us and to let them know directly is one of the most important communications we can have. Recently a young man I had met several years ago wrote to me…
Perhaps you have heard of the “butterfly effect”. It basically says that a small influence in a larger complex system can have significant effect elsewhere. This is how I view small acts of kindness on a daily basis. I have a repertoire of small kind acts that I regularly practice. I find it helps me…
There are many ways to succeed in our lives. Sometimes we need to unlock our potential and sometimes we need to lock away other aspects of our personality that do not support us. Knowing what to unlock and what to lock-up are the key (nothing like a bit of pun) to our success. I am…
Around the globe we are leaving behind 2009 and beginning 2010. In Vancouver it will bring the Olympics and a party that has been planned for six years but for tonight it will simply be reviewing what has happened and hoping for what can happen next year. I believe that the most important aspect of…
Sometimes inside we have multiple internal personas and I am not talking about having a disability either. Sometimes they help us but often they hurt us. You have heard the saying “we can be our own worst enemy” and this is what I am talking about today. The oppressor can fall into three archtypes I…
It may be beautiful but it is still dead leaves! What is it that you are still carrying around that you might be better off without in 2010? I am talking about stories. Old stories. Stories that are not serving you anymore. These are not stories of hope and success in your life, they are…
Sometimes it is tempting to want to judge ourselves or another and misbelieve we are undeserving. This is not the case and we should not believe others or ourselves when these thoughts occur. Life is simple but not always easy. The reasons for it not being easy can differ from one person to the next…