Kindness is a positive action that leaves someone in a better situation than before. Literally, it can be anything. A smile holds the door open for another. So often we hold back from being kind because we don’t know what to do or we don’t think our actions will make an impact, but they do! What’s important is to just take action no matter how small.
Humans spend so much time and energy focusing on the negatives that affect us and as well as the negatives in other people. When a moment of kindness appears, it’s as if a fog has been lifted... just for a moment. Being kind is lovely, it makes us feel good. We smile. But, then the fog rolls back in and we go back to ‘the norm’ of our daily lives. We don’t put in the effort to truly appreciate and reflect on those moments.
But, what if we started being intentional about not only noticing and absorbing them when they happen to us, but creating those moments for others? What of we made it a point to go slightly outside of our comfort zone at least once a day to make someone smile? To share a compliment with a co-worker or friend? To reach out to a family member we haven’t spoken to in awhile?
There are many things we do every single day with intention, yet we don’t even think about them. We wake up, take a shower, brush our teeth, get dressed, drive or walk to work or school… all part of our invisible routine. May be if we added a moment of kindness to our invisible routine? What if we woke up and as we turn the alarm off, we immediately send an uplifting text message to a friend who is hurting or not , passing through any difficult which sometimes you may not know.
May be we look for ways to make kindness the norm in your daily life though may seem hard. day to begin building a new routine which means including intentional moments of kindness, laughter and delight without pretence, take a moment to enjoy and recognise when those things happen And be kind to yourself too!.
Let’s lift the fog and make kindness the norm for the fruits of the Holy spirit are Love, Joy ,peace, patience, kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness ,Gentleness and self-control.