The Daily Kindness Digest #1729
Kindness Quote
“Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.”
Evelyn Underhill
Act of Kindness
If you see someone drop a paper, pick up for them and return it! It could be something important that they need.
Positive Affirmation
Today I will be considerate. I will think about how every action I take affects another.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1728
Kindness Quote
“If speaking kindly to plants makes them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.”
Unknown
Act of Kindness
Give up your seat on the bus or train for someone else. You never know how much someone else may need this rest more than you do.
Positive Affirmation
Today I will LET GO. I don’t need to have control over everything and I can just be.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1727
Kindness Quote
“Kindness, along with its close companions empathy, compassion, and love, is an aspect of consciousness that cannot be created or destroyed.”
Angela C. Santomero
Act of Kindness
Show someone you care by writing them a hand written note telling them how much they mean to you!
Positive Affirmation
Today I embody faith. Everything will work out just the way it is supposed to.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1726
Motivation Monday
Life Vest Inside has had the very good fortune of finding writers willing to share their Kindness Stories/Articles with us. One of our special recurring writers is David Jablinowitz, Op-Ed Editor at Jerusalem Post, who is famous for his “bus stories.”
HMWIP
“How do you do it?” I asked him. “How do you always seem to have a smile on your face?”
My jovial friend, who seems to have mastered the sense of calm, contentment, and joy all of us are desperately after, looked up with twinkling eyes.
“HMWIP.”
“Whip who? What?”
“HMWIP,” he said again, before spelling it out.
“H-M-W-I-P.”
“What does that mean?”
“Well, throughout the course of my day, I stop to ask myself, ‘HMWIP,’ which stands for ‘How Much Would I Pay?’. If I just finished eating lunch, I think about how much I would be willing to pay for the opportunity to eat food with my mouth if that capacity should ever be taken from me and my eating experience confined to a feeding tube. If I am washing my hands after using the restroom, I think, ‘HMWIP!’ – if I had some kind of infection that prevented my body from functioning properly, how much would I pay to be able to use the restroom as I just did? If I look up at the clouds in the sky above, I think about how much I would be ready to pay for the great gift of sight, should that capacity be taken away from me. This little exercise helps me to realize that the things we take for granted in our frantic pursuit of wealth, joy, and contentment, are themselves the very treasures we seek. And as I reflect on how incredibly wealthy I am, how many unimaginable and priceless privileges my life is saturated with, I can’t help it but smile.
”Wishing all of my friends the most wonderful, gratitude-filled day!
~ Yaakov Klein
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Kindness Quote
“The best way to counteract self-criticism, therefore, is to understand it, have compassion for it, and then replace it with a kinder response.”
Kristin Neff
Act of Kindness
Next time you see garbage on the ground, instead of walking past it, throw it out. Be kind to the world you live in by keeping it clean!
Positive Affirmation
Today I am in love! In love with myself, with life, with this day and with this moment in time.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1725
Kindness Quote
“You will never change what you tolerate.”
Joel Osteen
Act of Kindness
Take time to acknowledge and be grateful for everyone and everything in your life.
Positive Affirmation
Today I am balanced. My work life and personal life are in perfect harmony.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1724
Kindness Quote
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.”
Jon Wesley
Act of Kindness
Offer a co-worker a ride home. You just might make their day, and save them the trouble of arranging a ride!
Positive Affirmation
Today I am playful. Life is meant to be fun and I will live it up!
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1723
Kindness Quote
“One of the biggest barriers to a Kinder world is the way we speak about Kindness. When we make something sound easy, we don’t allocate the necessary resources, energy, or time to actually improve at it.”
Houston Kraft
Act of Kindness
Tell a random stranger to have a nice day. Your kind words just might make them smile.
Positive Affirmation
Today I am peaceful and at ease. No matter what is going on around me only I hold the key to my inner peace.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1722
Kindness Quote
“Kindness anticipates others’ needs and wishes.”
Lawrence G. Lovasik
Act of Kindness
If you see a car parked by an expired parking meter, add a quarter! Your selfless act could save them a big headache!
Positive Affirmation
Today I choose HAPPINESS! I am in charge of how I feel and I choose to feel good!
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1721
Motivation Monday
Life Vest Inside has had the very good fortune of finding writers willing to share their Kindness Stories/Articles with us. One of our special recurring writers is David Jablinowitz, Op-Ed Editor at Jerusalem Post, who is famous for his “bus stories.”
Happy Aliyah Day
For me, aliyah is standing at the bus stop on Shazar at 9:30 at night, watching five people help a young woman collect the change that had spilled out of her purse all over the bus steps and the street. No one chastised her, insulted her, made fun of her. No one stole her money. Everyone patiently waited or bent and helped. One young man got on his knees to make sure there wasn’t a single shekel that had rolled under the bus. The driver waited until the cleanup was completed and everyone was safely on board.
Yes, I know. Not every bus driver would have reacted this way. Not every Israeli crowd or individual would have behaved. And there are nice and thoughtful people all over the globe. But treating that other person as if she is your sister is so much more common here than in any of the countries in which I’ve lived that it is clearly woven into the fabric of this place and this people.
There is a lot more that I love about Israel. But the coming Home part, the feeling of being embraced by a crazy, quirky, slightly dysfunctional but always caring family is the sweetest aspect of my 12-year-old aliyah.
Happy Aliyah Day, family! I love you.
~ Ruti Eastman
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Kindness Quote
“Human beings need to have only one act: human kindness. This small act can change a person’s life with only compassion. Kindness begins when you speak words from the heart. Kindness consists of love and the act creates a ripple. Constant kindness can change everything. Only kindness allows you to develop compassion of the deepest significance.”
Anonymous
Act of Kindness
Pat someone on the back today! A little praise goes a long way.
Positive Affirmation
Today I am a student in every way – yearning to learn something new. I will read a book, research a topic that I may not understand fully or approach each interaction with an open mind.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1720
Kindness Quote
“If you are continually judging and criticizing yourself while trying to be kind to others, you are drawing artificial boundaries and distinctions that only lead to feelings of separation and isolation.”
Kristin Neff
Act of Kindness
Call a family member today and reminisce about a happy memory the two of you have shared. It will bring a smile to both of your faces!
Positive Affirmation
Today I am confident! I will take each step with enthusiasm & celebrate all the good that is around me!
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1719
Kindness Quote
“When I was a boy, and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, look for the helpers. You will always find people helping.”
Fred Rogers
Act of Kindness
Invite a coworker to go out to lunch today. Getting to know each other outside of the work environment can build a stronger friendship and everyone needs a break once in a while.
Positive Affirmation
Today I can do ANYTHING! The world is at my fingertips and its my job to make the best of it!
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1718
Kindness Quote
“If you can’t think of anything nice to say, you’re not thinking hard enough.”
Robby Novak
Act of Kindness
Ask a stranger how their day is going and really listen for the answer. We all have the need to be heard.
Positive Affirmation
Today I am EXCITED! I will break off from my daily routine and do something fun and different.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1717
Kindness Quote
“We can’t heal the world today, but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.”
Mary Davis
Act of Kindness
Live for a cause greater than yourself. Find your life’s purpose. It will inspire you, keep you grounded, and provide stability regardless of the turbulence in your life. Most of all, living life with purpose will motivate you to get up in the morning and make your life meaningful.
Positive Affirmation
Today I am a new person! Anything I don’t like about myself can be changed if I try hard enough.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1716
Motivation Monday
Life Vest Inside has had the very good fortune of finding writers willing to share their Kindness Stories/Articles with us. One of our special recurring writers is David Jablinowitz, Op-Ed Editor at Jerusalem Post, who is famous for his “bus stories.”
SAD AND GLAD
Unfortunately, often because someone can speak and hear, they might think they are good communicators. I don’t think so! Effective communication requires much more. In addition to sincerity, empathy, kindness, mindfulness and compassion; good communication requires the appropriate use of Skills and Tools. The most popular Skills and Tools would include: Active Listening, Listening Pads, Asking Questions, Positive Phrasing & Words, Written Agendas, Visual Aids, and others. One tool often forgotten is the Tool/Skill known as ‘Sad and Glad’.
Sad and Glad is appropriately used in most any ‘unfortunate’ situation in which you wish to acknowledge a problem/mistake and then gracefully ‘move on’ to a solution. When an ‘unfortunate’ situation (mistake, error, blunder, etc.) happens it is appropriate to express understanding and empathy. Expressing such will appear that you are caring. A simple and sincere apology works well. Once the problem is acknowledged, it is valuable to ‘move on’ to a solution and not get lost in blame, guilt, worry, whining or winning. Sad and Glad is very useful in many situations both personally and professionally.
An example of Sad and Glad can be applied to food service. A customer is delivered a meal that is faulty for some reason and the server wants to acknowledge and apologize for the problem and then ‘move on’ to a solution.
Customer, “My fish is overcooked”
Server, “I am sorry (Sad) that your fish was overcooked AND I am glad you told me, I will correct it immediately with what you ordered”
SAD AND GLAD
SAD – Expressing understanding and acknowledgement will show another you are listening and empathic. An appropriate and sincere apology works well. Specifically stating, “I am sorry (Sad) about…” shows empathy.
AND – And is a conjunction and it ‘connects’ or ‘moves on’ from the misfortune. The opposite of AND is the word ‘But’ which is a negation. i.e. “I like you BUT…” The word And is very powerful and positive. And is a ‘transitional’ word.
GLAD – Stating a solution is vital. Being helpful and seeking solutions will move from the misfortunate on to a solution and an improvement in the relationship (hopefully).
The development of a new behavior will require time and Energy. 60-90 repetitions within 21 days may begin to have a positive impact upon your life and the lives of those with whom you communicate.
The use of Sad AND Glad can be used in many personal and professional situations. It is putting good Words and Actions towards others.
At a minimum, please eliminate the use of the word But.
~ Loren D. Lasher
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Kindness Quote
“Sometimes miracles are just good people with kind hearts.”
Unknown
Act of Kindness
Be kind to your body today! Go for a walk, eat a healthy salad and load up on fruit & veggies, or take a nap if your body is calling for rest.
Positive Affirmation
Today I will not allow others dictate the way I should live. I must weigh my choices and be confident in my decisions.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1715
Kindness Quote
“Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.”
Paul Williams
Act of Kindness
Be aware of your surroundings. If you are in a library, try not to have music playing on the maximum volume, because even if you are using headphones, people will be able to hear it.
Positive Affirmation
Today I will prioritize! I will make sure I am on the path to achieving my dreams.
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The Daily Kindness Digest #1714
Kindness Quote
“You don’t have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being.”
Anita Krizzan
Act of Kindness
Be considerate, and wait for a person to finish speaking instead of interrupting. Sometimes we have to listen to understand, not listen to respond!
Positive Affirmation
Today I will conquer fear. There is nothing to be afraid of and I can do anything that I put my mind to.