National Love is Kind Day

Today is a national day that encourages you to become aware of how you are treating people, how people are treating you, and how you can become emboldened, supported, and empowered to lead the joyful and productive life you deserve. Survivors of abuse celebrate their life today on National Love Is Kind Day, a day for all victims of domestic violence and abuse and their freedom and independence from their abuser.

a new week

Here we are starting a brand-new week.  I wish only the best for you in the days ahead and I hope you will encounter much kindness.  Let's dish up a large serving of kindness to everyone we encounter and the great feeling it gives us will bring out the kindness bliss.

best advice

Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley said, "It’s a little embarrassing that after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to one another."

Inspiration from Michelangelo

"Danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark." - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

be kind

You might have been expecting some fancy quote or an incredibly moving message, but what I write about here every day is really quite simple.  If I encourage you or help you along the way, so much better.  My goal though is just to spread kindness everywhere and hopefully to make me a kinder person too.  So dear friends, be kind.

what about today

It's Wednesday morning and as my fingers hit the keyboard, I ask myself what I am going to write here today.  Is there a new message?  Can I say something I have never said before?  This really isn't about new ideas or reinventing the wheel.  The message of this blog has always been very simple:  Be kind.  What more can I say.  Kindness matters.

How about a nice casserole

Talking about food the past two days (fresh bread and then that peach) got me thinking about casseroles. I'm not sure if the practice is as common as it once was, but there was a time when friends or neighbors would bring a freshly baked casserole to a family in need or to someone grieving the loss of a loved one or to someone unable to cook for themselves. What a kind thing to do!