I was talking about the kindness of strangers recently and my upset client asked what kindness! And I said, sometimes you can help someone who you don't know and won't get to know - in the supermarket, in the post office, filling out a form, and it's nothing for you but eases their day... and then sometimes someone will do it for you. When you are stressed and tired and they smile and help and you feel, wow, there are humans out there after all.
It's important to remember that everyone around us is living out their life, like we are, having good and bad days, as we are, and if we can help them, and they can do the same for us, it makes a real difference to our shared reality.
Of course, some days I'm sad, mad or anxious one, unable to give kindness, no one can do it every day. But every day that I can, is a better day for me. That's the secret of kindess - in the giving, you get to feel better...
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