Practicing Kindness

"There are many reasons to be kind, but perhaps none is as compelling as the spiritual fact that it is what we do." Mark Nepo

Practicing kindness benefits us and all others.  There is research that indicates that the level of happiness increases in people who even just observe an act of kindness.  There are many ways to be kind:  holding the door for someone is easy and can often present itself as an opportunity for us, offering to help someone with an errand -- the ways are countless -- the way we treat clerks and the other people in line at stores or other drivers in traffic.  Kindness can become a habit.  A primary place for us to practice kindness is toward ourselves.  Let us eliminate any negative talk or thought about ourselves.  Really.  Let's practice for 3 days eliminating all negative thought and talk about ourselves, and let's see the difference that makes in how we feel.  I predict it will make a positive difference.