The Kindness Box

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“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

Dalai Lama

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Favorite Inspiring Quotes ~ Kindness

Inspiring quotes on the topic of Kindness, with commentary by Peter Shepherd

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Many of us are brought up today to look after number one, to go out and get what we want—and the more of it we can have, the better.

Our society preaches survival of the fittest and often encourages us to succeed at the expense of others.

I was no different, and while I noticed a tendency to feel sorry for others and want to help, I was too busy lining my own pockets and chasing my own success to act on these impulses. I worried that kindness was me being soft and, therefore, a weakness that may hamper my progress, especially at work as I moved up the ranks.

It was only when I quit my corporate career, after years of unhappiness, to realign my values and rebuild a life around my passions that I learned the true value of kindness and how it has impacted my life since.

I volunteered overseas with those less fortunate. I lived in yoga ashrams and spent time with Buddhist nuns and monks across many different countries. I learned how compassion and kindness can be a source of strength, and since then I’ve applied this wisdom, with success, repeatedly into my own life.

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Kindness Isn’t Weakness (and We Need It to Survive) - Tiny Buddha

Kindness increases our sense of fulfillment and joy, it helps us build resilience, it strengthens relationships, and it’s also a source of strength.

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The best way to respond to an individual who is struggling with depression is with support and openness. Depression is an often invisible and isolating condition that is misunderstood by the general population. Platitudes and blind solutions can be off-putting to someone who is depressed. Instead, be open to hearing them out, and ask them if and how they would like you to help.

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What to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed

The best way to respond to an individual who is struggling with depression is with support and openness. Depression is an often invisible and isolating condition that is misunderstood by the general population. Platitudes and blind solutions can be off-putting to someone who is depressed...

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"Imagine what our real neighbours would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. There have been so many stories about the lack of courtesy, the impatience of today’s world, road rage and even restaurant rage. Sometimes, all it takes is one kind word to nourish another person. Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many."

Fred Rogers

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The Life-Changing Power of a Kind Word — Gretchen Schmelzer

I think it’s easy to feel powerless in the face of such big problems in the world. It’s easy to feel like you don’t have what the world needs—or you don’t have the solutions that these big situations require. But we forget how much power we do have. We forget that we have the power to help other peo

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Is it possible that two words can change someone’s day, someone’s life? What if those same two words could change the world? Well, I’m on a quest to find out – and, with your help, this quest will be a success.

This quest inadvertently began last November in a grocery store.

I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.

The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”

Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband’s resume? I did nothing – yet. And the woman left the store.

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Two Words That Can Change A Life, By Cheryl Rice | DailyGood

Is it possible that two words can change someone’s day, someone’s life? What if those same two words could change the ...

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These days, my thoughts turn more and more to the need for kindness. Kind actions. Kind words.

It is all too easy these days to judge another person harshly — to judge an entire group of people harshly. (And no, this is not a political post. Not going there.) I blogged a month ago about how I don’t want to be an angry person, centering my post on this quote by Corrie Ten Boom: The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Another remedy for anger? Kindness.

Kindness can change the course of our day. When someone motions for me to merge ahead of them in traffic or greets me with a smile in the checkout line instead of a blank stare or a frown, I’m encouraged. Even better, I’m motivated to pay that kindness forward.

In Others’ Words: The Power of Kind Words

These days, my thoughts turn more and more to the need for kindness. Kind actions. Kind words. It is all too easy these days to judge another person harshly — to judge an entire…

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