Thank You For Your Kindness

Kindness is Powerful

By Roy J Derrick

Cover of Mark Twain

Mark Twain said it best when he said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” What could be more powerful than something that reaches and touches every single one of us? A true act of kindness is something that is done for no other reason than to be kind to someone whether you believe they deserve it or not.

Some of the most powerful people in the world have been known to believe deeply in the power of kindness. The Dalai Lama is amongst the most significant figures and he said, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” With this religion he has inspired millions of people to follow in his footsteps and do good in the world.

Princess Diana who was well known as ‘The People’s Princess’ for her compassion and her ability to relate to the public said many things of kindness including: “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

This is the true power of kindness, its contagiousness. If a philosophy of kindness can inspire an entire religion then just imagine the effect it could have on your personal life or your business. People want to be treated with kindness and will return to the places where they are. Think of the places you love to be more than anywhere and they are undoubtedly the places that you are treated with the most kindness like your grandma’s house or your loved one’s arms.

Kindness is a form of positive energy and it is said that when you put positive energy out there you’ll receive it back tenfold. It is the law of attraction and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t exercise this philosophy for the benefit of your business.

Once you start thinking kind thoughts and forcing unkind ones out of your head you’ll find that you start attracting the type of people who are energizing to be around. These are the type of people you want as customers because they will continue to feed your business with positive energy and spread the word to people they know.

There is absolutely no downside to kindness. The more you give it, the more you get back and the happier and less stressed out you become – that’s power.

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Choosing Only Kindness

Be Kind in All of Your Dealings

By Jan Tijmes

Strive to always be kinder in your thoughts, words, and deeds.

It is said that whatever you do and say to others has a way of coming back to you in some form or other. If you do well to others, something good will happen to you and if you only be bad to others you can be sure that something bad will happen to you at some point in your life. That is why you must always be careful with how you deal with others in your life.

There are many elements that can you successful; courage, humility, quickness and good decision making, however; what you might not realize that kindness is also an important element. When you are kind to others you can expect others to be kind to you. Being kind means that you empathize with people, understand their feelings and try to be helpful in every way you can.

Even if you are immensely successful, if you are not kind to others you would not gain people’s respect or love. If you have the resources and the ability and you still do not help those who are in need then you cannot expect people to regard you with respect. It isn’t necessary that in order to be kind you must give out monetary help; you can help them out in other ways too. Sometimes just saying kind words that you mean with all your heart is more than enough. Most people would only expect you to say kind things and empathize with them.

Even in your personal life, if you lack kindness your relationships can suffer. Your family needs you to be there for them, they need you to be kind to them when they need it and they expect you to help them when they are facing a difficulty. If you cannot be kind to your family, you cannot expect your relationships to grow.

What you must also realize is that it is not important to be kind to just others, you need to be kind to yourself. Most of us just regard kindness in terms of others and never think of it as something that must be directed towards us too. Often we are kind to others but when it comes to us we are harsh to ourselves. You need to be kind to yourself too, only then can you have enough love and kindness to share with others.

To be kind to yourself you must:

• Be tuned in to yourself; do not ignore your own wants and wishes. Know what you want and do indulge yourself once in a while.


• Do not be very harsh to yourself, it is important to push yourself to be successful but there’s a line that needs to be drawn.


• Do not be overly critical of yourself. You must know your own weakness and you must be your own critic but you shouldn’t criticize everything that you do. Learn to recognize your strengths too and appreciate yourself for your strengths.

Being kind comes from within, you cannot just say kind words or do kind things without really meaning them and kindness starts with yourself, when you are kind to yourself you can be kind to others too.

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Be Flexible with Others

Why Being Flexible with Others Brings Success

by: Andy Sullivan

Other people live in the same world as you. Perhaps another way of looking at this is to say, there are people who share the same world as you. This may seem an obvious point to make, but many people believe the world revolves around them. The people who share the world with us have just as much right to follow their dreams as you or me. A lot of people fail to grasp that people in this world provide the opportunities for success. The adage, it’s not what you know but who you know, and it’s is true in every way. Whether you like it or not, other people will continue to exist in your world .Accepting that these people have the right to cohabit this Earth with you makes plain sense. You should also accept that other people may choose to live according to a set of values that are not your own .

You have probably noticed that humans come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colours. No doubt, you have seen that not all people share the same religion culture or political opinion. Accepting diversity is one of the best ways to increase your tolerance of others. Acknowledging that other people have a right to their own ideas about how to live their lives even when you totally disagree with what they are saying can save you a lot of emotional distress. People are going to continue to exercise their beliefs no matter what you think.

Accepting others is the key to being free of anger stressors and unhealthy rage. Wanting others to treat you well and with respect is fair enough. Similarly, you probably want other people to do a good job for you. Social contracts are like gentlemens agreements where we presume a certain person will treat us in a particular way. You need to ask yourself, am I doing everything I can to fill my end of the bargain?

The Earth seen from Apollo 17. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Keeping your attitudes flexible and based on preferences, rather than demands or expectations, can keep you in harmony with yourself. The more rigid and demanding you are of others, the more likely it is that you will become angry and bitter for no good reason. Being flexible towards others means you have to be prepared to tolerate disrespect from others too. Having a flexible outlook means accepting that there are some people in this world who do not share the same values or respect culture as you. Of course, this is slightly different when it comes to reacting to people we know personally, we are talking here about people in everyday life. Remember that people behave according to how they want to behave not how you want them to behave.

The point I am making here is that putting people down makes respecting people in general difficult. You need to sustain a level of respect for others in order to be able to consider their behaviour correctly. The alternative is accepting them as people who make mistakes just like yourself. Accepting other people will make you a more tolerant and more pleasant person. There are rewards to reap from this mindset: your mind set will become more positive and energetic in the right way.

As we have been discussing, one of the best ways to determine your frame of mind is to think about how you are with other people. A great way to do this is to picture how you behave towards people you do not know. Are you outgoing and open to meeting and talking with others? Or are you insular and afraid. Believe it or not one of the best ways to overcome a negative frame of mind is to change your attitude to the world around you and that means the people in it as well

By believing that other people are complex, ever-changing and mistake ridden individuals, you will see the beauty of your new tolerant state of mind. Frustration will occur if you believe that the people around you are interfering with you goal. If you carry on in this way, you will experience the unhealthy sort of rage that makes your life plain miserable.

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