Constant Kindness

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.

Kindness

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

Lao-Tzu

Love Because

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

Kindness

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

Preserve the Heart

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.

- Sir H. Davy

Light My Way

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

Understand People

Instead of condemning people, try to understand them. Try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.

No Boundaries or Classes

There are no boundaries or classes that define a group of people that deserve to be respected. Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother. People will notice your kindness.

Philosophy is Kindness

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Dalai Lama

In Response to Unkindness

Kindness offered to the stranger passing by, in response to unkindness, or just because you can offer it is the sort of kindness that changes the world.

Words Create

Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love.
Lao Tzu

Friends and Strangers

Be kind to friends and strangers.
Do not speak harshly, ignore their needs, lie, or

selfishly exploit them.
Lend your help, say a kind word, respect them in the same way

you would want them to respect you.

Benefits of Cultivating Kindness and Generosity

There is a growing body of research on the benefits of cultivating kindness and generosity. A focus on generosity has been shown to increase levels of happiness and well-being. In one study by Stanford University psychologist Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, subjects were asked to carry out 5 intentional acts of kindness per week over a 6 week period. The results showed that compared to a control group, performing acts of kindness and generosity significantly increased reported levels of happiness and positive mood. With those who performed all the weekly acts in one day reaping the biggest gains over the course of the study.

Tolerance in Strength

Being kind is 10,000 times more important than being right. That is a hard lesson to learn. When we feel that we are a pawn in a game of injustice, we want to attack. But consider the consequences: pressure (being right) creates more resistance. Tolerance, patience, and understanding (being kind) create reconciliation and acceptance. That is the nature of things: the nature of a university, the nature of a family, the nature of a marriage. The sooner we learn that, the sooner we will be at peace.

Allen Johnson, Ph. D.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Dalai Lama

The Awaken Nature

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.


- Shinjo Ito

Practice Random Acts of Kindness

When you practice random acts of kindness, people in turn become inspired by your actions. If this spirit of giving and helping spreads, the world will become a much better place. Here are some hints of what you can do:

1. Leave a note for the mail person to tell them what a great job they are doing

2. In the world of technology, go onto someone's webpage that you like and comment about a blog post that you loved.

3. Leave a book that you have read... and loved... for someone else to find it and read it.

4. Drop a toy or game off at the local hospital waiting room.

5. Take a plate of cookies to a local seniors home or for the workers at a pet shelter.

Practice random acts of kindness, and you notice how easier your life becomes. Back to the serotonin (happy drug your body naturally produces) that Dr. Wayne Dyer spoke about is that studies show that the giver of the act of kindness actually receives more serotonin through the act of giving than the receiver does. Even more of a reason why the act of kindness should be a daily ritual.

Kindness

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Imagine

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as though it was your last day here. Extend to them all the warmth, kindness and understanding you can imagine, and do it with no thought of any reward. Can you imagine the change you will bring into your life?

- Kaoru

Living the truth in your heart without compromise brings kindness into the world. Attempts at kindness that compromise your heart cause only sadness.