Closing my eyes, I took a sip of my chai wondering what it has been today that caused so much headache. It was the same morning, my loved ones are around me I had a healthy sleep last night but something went wrong. At the same moment, I received the message of "Happy Kindness Day" from a friend. It was not only a lovely gesture to me but also a very important reminder, perhaps most needed at that time.
Being kind is spreading your positive energy but at the same time you have to nourish that energy. I always learned to be kind to others which does not mean that we have to spend something on them but even a gesture of smile can be 'kindness.' My connection to kindness strengthened overtime and I started to prioritized others feelings and sentiments to my own suffering. I didn’t realize when and how I erased the border of being kind to others and bearing suffering for someone else's mistake.
"I learned that you always earn respect in being kind to others, in showing empathy and owning their suffering as your own but in doing so you must never erase your happiness."
Anything that makes you less kind on yourself is harmful and should not be done. Just as being kind to others is a happiness rule, being kind to yourself is nourishing your positive energy. Once you stop to fuel this positive energy, the happiness rule diminishes.
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in"
It takes kindness to forgive yourself for mistakes you made, for things you never did but blamed yourself for them, for taking a stand for yourself even if it hurts someone, for doing things you love to do before spending that time for doing someone else's work.
Being kind to yourself is a rule!
a little kinder than necessary...
Its beautiful 🕊❤