About a year ago, we “celebrated” kindness on Pics and Posts by featuring seven consecutive days of posts on kindness. The world can always benefit from a bit of kindness, so it’s Kindness Week again. Instead of sharing kindness-themed postcards and messages written by senders, I’m asking that we do more than read pretty words and inspiration. This week let’s focus on kindness at work.
I’ll drop in every day with a brief post and a general “kindness prompt.” I won’t be too specific because we all have our gifts, our ways, and our sense of what someone (or something) needs.
Since genuine kindness is altruistic, there’s no need to report or share your acts of kindness with others. This is not about show and tell or about social media and selfies. It’s about developing and exercising a truly kind spirit with no intention to gain–not even attention.
We’ll get the ball rolling by taking the advice of Mother Teresa and starting at home.
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Show kindness to your family members. You know them best, so you know the kindness they need. Keep in mind that kindness isn’t always tangible. A kind word spoken at the right moment can be all a person needs.
In addition to the prompt, I’ll share postcards, art, and photos because every blog post needs a bit of eye candy. ๐
Note on the image: A little more than two years ago my hubby and son planted zinnias outside my home office window. It’s the gift that keeps giving. For three summers the zinnias have bloomed beautifully and have beckoned the butterflies. This year’s first flower opened today. The image above was shot the first year the flowers bloomed; it is edited, of course.
If you’d like to (re)visit last year’s kindness posts, see the links below:
- Be Kind
- Be Kind to You
- Do Your Random Acts
- Guard Well That Treasure, Kindness
- Throw It Like Confetti!
- Give It Like You Get It
- Kindness Matters. Period.
Pics and Posts 
Beautiful butterfly ( ๋๋น). ๐
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This is a nice post. Thank you for sharing. ๐
If you have time, let me know what you think of mine – https://www.markmyworld.me/2018/07/02/bekind-challenge/
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Thanks. I think I posted earlier on your post, but I love it! Will link to it on my blog this week.
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On my way to be kind to my family all day! Wish me luck ๐
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Awesome! How’d you do?
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Amen. Kindness starts at home. Be kind to family and that kindness will shine through to others. ๐
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What a lovely thought. I’m definitely going to try this kindness this week, especially when I don’t feel very kind!
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Yes, this will definitely give you a kindness boost! And see…you’ve already started, by placing a kind comment on the blog. ๐
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How beautiful. Love that you do this and you are passing it on to others.
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I love that you started the week with the actual hardest challenge. I find it so easy to bicker with my daughter even when I don’t want to, and I often think about how it takes more of an effort to be kind to her (or my parents)–probably because they know the easiest/best ways to irritate me. Something to think about for sure. Thank you for this.
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Thanks! I think Mother Teresa realized it’s hardest to be kind to those we’re most familiar with, but imagined the possibilities our kindness if we could master it in our home! It would just spill out onto everything and everyone else!
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True, true. And keeps us from being hypocrites to boot.
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Indeed.
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Wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for reading!
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