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Daily Question, April 1

As I go about my daily life, what small kindnesses can I offer to others?

  • Michele

    a simple smile, listening, eye contact.

  • GCharlotte

    My father always taught me to say Thank you!
    I can say,”have a blessed day”when leaving a person.

  • KC

    I can practice inner stillness, deep presence and listening. From there, who knows!? 🌞🐌🌱🌷🌊…

  • Amanda

    Listen with my whole heart. Be completely present and give eye contact with a warm smile.

  • Cristina Vanthul

    Give someone 100% attention when interacting with them.

  • Hot Sauce

    On the ordinary days, sometimes just a wave and a smile can be good.

  • Kevin Carroll

    So far today… (1) Drove a neighbor who cannot drive to her doctor appointment. (2) Purchased a dozen Mexican pastries for a work crew demolishing a wall adjacent to my home. (3) Rescheduled this upcoming Saturday so that I will be able to play tour guide to my wife’s out-of-town relatives coming to the Bay Area. And it’s only 2 p.m.!

  • Karmit

    As I go about my daily life, I can choose to unconditionally accept others and pass no judgements on them. In every moment I can choose love instead of fear.

  • foo62

    It can be as simple as holding the door for the next person coming through the door. Listening to my co-workers. Sending my daughter an encouraging text on her first day of a new job.

  • Bob V

    I often will smile at people. But for today, I will try taking my awareness to a deeper level, to connect to who they are. I believe that by doing so, my ‘personal vibration’ (as expressed by posture, conscious tone of voice, etc.) will be ‘felt’ and recognized at a deeper level. It will be interesting to see what happens.

  • Lexie_J17

    Clean my teachers classroom without her asking me to

  • Elizabeth M Jones

    smile, a greeting, small talk, a human touch, a hug, an embrace, encouragement, and prayer.

  • Lioness

    A smile, a hello, a listening ear where needed. There is always enough time in the day for others.

  • I can offer a hello and a smile to everyone I see today.

  • Sarah
    Honestly, the best small kindness i can offer others today is to take care of myself. Every "good-girl"cell in my body says, " no you can't say that, so selfish..." but the truth is I was so burned out in my life, had years of denial of my own needs and denial of who I am...this time in my life God has provided me rest to re-build into the self that is uniquely created. If we don't care for ourselves and develop our unique selves it eventually catches us. We may think that our physical pain is...

    Honestly, the best small kindness i can offer others today is to take care of myself.
    Every “good-girl”cell in my body says, ” no you can’t say that, so selfish…” but the truth is I was so burned out in my life, had years of denial of my own needs and denial of who I am…this time in my life God has provided me rest to re-build into the self that is uniquely created. If we don’t care for ourselves and develop our unique selves it eventually catches us. We may think that our physical pain is somehow not connected to our inner, spiritual pain; but I am here to say it is. So today, I am going to be kind to myself, take that deep cleansing breath when I get caught up in externals and remind myself to be kind to me. It will spill over to my interactions with others, i am sure.

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    • KC
      Hi Sarah, I am so happy for you that you are learning and practicing to take care of yourself. It took me many years and much sufferng to learn that self compassion and kindness are essential to a healthy life. I have found the Buddhist practices helpful to accept love of self as the first step to loving others. It still seems / feels backwards, but that old Christian mantra “love your neighbour as yourself”dies hard. Maybe both are true. The “good girl” archetype runs deep for man...

      Hi Sarah, I am so happy for you that you are learning and practicing to take care of yourself. It took me many years and much sufferng to learn that self compassion and kindness are essential to a healthy life. I have found the Buddhist practices helpful to accept love of self as the first step to loving others. It still seems / feels backwards, but that old Christian mantra “love your neighbour as yourself”dies hard. Maybe both are true. The “good girl” archetype runs deep for many of us. Wishing you many blessings and much lightness as you practice being kind to yourself!

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    • Sheila

      Dear Sarah, I can totally relate to you and I so agree with all you have said! Thank-you for your sharing!
      Love and blessings, Sheila 🦋

    • Wiltrud

      Yeah, “good girls” care for themselves as much as for others. I quite like the image of the oxygen mask in a plane you are supposed to use before you help others 😉 Love to you.

  • Linda

    Today is the first day of spring term at the college I work at, and I will smile and offer help to all new students I meet. They all look bewildered and a little scared, and a smiling face and simple directions to their classrooms go a long way!

  • Ed Schulte
    A follow up to 'Word of the Day' ....it is from .Pierre Pradervand's...Monthly blog... "Every single blessing heals in that it brings peace, it acts as a balm to any suffering, and it expresses heartfelt joy in the presence of beauty, kindness or any other form of good. One last comment. Most of us are familiar with the “little monkeys”, these totally ridiculous thoughts which invade out minds all the time (and especially when we try to meditate!). However, those little monkeys cannot ...

    A follow up to ‘Word of the Day’ ….it is from .Pierre Pradervand’s…Monthly blog…

    “Every single blessing heals in that it brings peace, it acts as a balm to any suffering, and it expresses heartfelt joy in the presence of beauty, kindness or any other form of good.

    One last comment. Most of us are familiar with the “little monkeys”, these totally ridiculous thoughts which invade out minds all the time (and especially when we try to meditate!). However, those little monkeys cannot enter a spirit which radiates thoughts of loving kindness, compassion and love all day long. Therefore, become this pillar of positive and quiet radiance wherever you go and be one of the numerous silent sentinels who are transforming the world from the inside and in total joyful anonymity.

    Pierre Pradervand

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  • Tracey

    I can offer eye contact and a smile.

  • Carla

    My day is immersed in being amidst people with different languages & cultures. By adding a nodding head or hand wave to my smile I find it more engaging than a mere ‘hello’ or Salaam. I will add more hand waves today.

  • Sunny

    Be open and receptive.

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