Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. –Desmond Tutu It’s been a long time since we had a “Kindness Week” here on Pics and Posts, so in honor of National Random Acts of Kindness Week this week’s posts will be dedicated … Continue reading Sunflowers and Kindness | National Random Acts of Kindness Week
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Be kind to yourself. When I began “Kindness Week,” I knew the prompt for the last post would focus on kindness to self. The words were in my spirit, but tonight as I was typing them, I realized the words felt familiar because I’d already written the post a year ago! I started to … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 7: Charge Your Inner Light
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Listen with your heart. Earlier today, I listened to gospel artist Jessica Reedy share a bit of her story before performing her song “Better.” She told of going through a difficult period in her life and keeping the pain to herself. She wondered if people could see her pain, if they could look … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 6: Listen with Your Heart
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Support a Small Business. It’s no secret that “big box” stores have pretty much pushed smaller stores out of business, but that doesn’t mean they all have to end that way. Some prefer the larger stores and chains because of convenience, lower prices, and product availability. However, in my experience, small businesses … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 5: Be Small Business-Minded
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Take care of Mother Earth. The first job given to mankind–after populating the earth–was to take care of it. As we’ve advanced, we’ve found more ways to damage the earth than to maintain it. Let’s do our part to change that. One of the things I absolutely loved about my son’s Montessori … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 4: Save the Planet
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Visit, call, or write to a senior citizen. This sounds like a kindness to them, but in many cases, you will soon find, you’re the one who’s benefiting most. Our seniors are wise and funny and full of history, experience, and stories. If you have children, take them along. This is a … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 3: Time with a Senior
Today’s Kindness Prompt: Be kind to a person who isn’t so kind to you. I’m referring here to someone you see or interact with regularly–the acquaintance who always finds something snarky to say about you, your hair, your clothes, your goals. The coworker who works to criticize you, invalidate every word you speak or ignore … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 2: Be Nice to the Meanies
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 … Continue reading Kindness Week Day 1: Kindness at Home
“Don’t just be good to others. Be good to yourself too.” February has been a weird month. In fact, this whole year has been kind of strange so far. I was excited about the Kindness Week planned for Pics and Posts two weeks ago, but the “strangeness” caused me to drop the ball. I needed … Continue reading Sunflowers and Kindness | The Ultimate Kindness
Bring love wherever you go. Shine light wherever it’s dark. Leave blessings wherever you’ve been. Be kind wherever you are. -Mary Davis- About Today’s Sunflowers: The random act of sunflowers in today’s post came from my niece-student, Liv Grace. She surprised me with sunnies and goodies for Valentine’s Day! Speaking of…I missed yesterday’s Valentine’s Day/kindness … Continue reading Sunflowers and Kindness | #WednesdayWisdom
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