Kindness

I saved this on my computer months ago I just found it again. I love the message. (Note: I don't know the original source, but if you do please let me know so that I can give credit where it is due.)


The Manifesto of Kindness

Kindness is simple yet complicated, modest yet loud, soft yet strong, ordinary yet extraordinary.

... It is the handwritten thank-you note you receive anonymously from someone you’ve never met but helped in some way.
... It is the email you send to an overwhelmed friend with a short note of encouragement and a note to read the email, smile, and hit delete without responding.
... It is the comment you receive on a blog post that lets you know that your voice is being heard and that what you’re saying means something to others.
... It is what you do without acknowledgment or praise, done simply to give without the expectation of receiving.
... It is the courage to give to yourself what you can’t give to others (and wish you could).
... It is the voice that whispers deep into your heart, “You are amazing.” You listen, feel its message, and believe wholeheartedly that you are amazing simply because your heart says so.
... It is the willingness to give to others and sacrifice what you give to yourself when you know that it’s what you are called to do.
... It is the courage to face your fears with your eyes wide open in order to create change for yourself and for others.
... It is the guilt you battle when you make yourself a priority and your kindness is questioned by yourself and others.
... It is the voice that says, “You don’t have to know everything; you are worthy of this journey.”
... It is the ability to nurture ourselves and our vulnerabilities with authentic and wholehearted kindness.
... It is the strength it takes to publicly proclaim, “I am kind!”

The kindness you read about in books or see on television matters, but the most important kindness is often overlooked – the ordinary sparkling kindness we nurture for ourselves and share with others.

Give kindness to yourself. Share kindness with others. Create a beautiful ripple effect of kindness.