Try Kindness

It's a messed up world sometimes; things don't always go the way we want them; stress is way too present in our lifestyles today; s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g seems to be the way of life; and sometimes things look bleak and hopeless.

But in all this, in all of life, you can always choose kindness and it is an amazing gift. You can choose to be kind to yourself...to rest when you need to rest, to breathe deeply, to eat better and to make sure you move during the day. You can choose to be kind to yourself by saying nice things about yourself, about your life. And you can choose to be kind to your world by saying nice things about life in general, things that are going on, people you are interacting with.

A little kindness goes a long way. Once upon a time when my son was diagnosed with diabetes, a friend called on a friend whose son also had diabetes. And this woman traipsed through heavy snow with grocery bags of stuff to give me courage through her own lessons. This was years ago and yet I remember it as if if were yesterday - because of the kindness.

If you live your life every day so that your kindness will be remembered, you will be covered. The Tao te Ching says:

Kindless in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

Everyone struggles, everyone has ups and downs, but no matter where we are going, where we have been or what we are going through now - the things we remember are draped in kindness, hope and faith.

Blessings.
- Darshan






© 2010 Darshan F Jessop