CHOOSE KINDNESS…
Kindness is such a cool word, especially after you say or do something “kind”. Doing something for our neighbor, especially if they don’t know who might have done the deed, is wonderful. Smiling at someone is wonderful. Smiling at yourself is wonderful. Taking a walk and smiling is wonderful. So many things done in a positive, upbeat way is wonderful. Let’s do that, let’s be wonderful.
Wonderful: adj. -Inspiring delight, pleasure, admiration
All of those words are of Kindness also. All of these words can be used as actions, too. I try to focus my thoughts and words on actions from Kindness.
“Stop judging, that you might not be judged, for the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you”. Matthew 7: 1-2. It saddens me to read about this world, it’s divisiveness of people who once were very close friends and spoke of warmth from their heart to each other. I see conversations come from anger, not warmth. I’ve lost touch with a few friends because of this, and it hurts; life isn’t that hard for hardness of the heart. I don’t use this platform for any other reason than to ask for a smile, some warmth, and kindness.
As most of my peeps know, I had three brain tumors, called Meningiomas, 39 days of radiation, seizures, medications…and so on; but really, how GREAT is life. I’m still here; there is so much to be happy for, let’s not dismiss it! I would never want to forget all of my medical situations; it was not only a new direction in my life that God has given me, but it was God who has a mission for me, and everyone, because we are ALL here. We are all unique, we all have different strengths, and we all have different weaknesses. Let’s use something, out of our strengths to make someone happy, to put a little fuzzy feeling in someone’s day! We all deserve that; we’re only here for a short time; how many of us used to have coffee together in Venice? Playa del Rey? Marina del Rey? It was like yesterday, and present day is 35 years later. Let’s not dismiss happiness! Years start to fly by, and if we want to enjoy these years that we have left, why don’t we, as a team, just be our old self, with kindness and love for each other. We all have two choices: kindness, or the other end of kindness. let’s choose Kindness. It lets us talk a walk, work our jobs, (and hopefully some are retired!), with peacefulness in our heart.
“Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life span?” Matthew 6: 27
Worry is not our job; it’s a decrease in our life. That is something that can be replaced with Kindness, we all know that. I would love to have more friendship with people I hung out with years ago, played basketball with, played football with, drank a few beers with< (yes, yes, yes!), so yes, guys and gals, let’s keep on truckin’ and do them all again, without all the twisted ankles and stuff like that!
I hope to see you guys on the Kindness trail, reuniting all of us, and maybe have a beer (or two!).
Peace and Warmth,
Scott
Blog: www.everythingisgoingtobealright.com
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People say, “those were the good ol days”. I say the “good ol days” are just ahead! Interesting topic of KINDNESS. It brought to mind an experience I had a couple years ago.
I was at the Reagan Memorial Library for the Auschwitz exhibit with my daughter and wife. There were a lot of people trying to get a look at some of the pieces of artifacts and many exhibits. Most didn’t know what to expect in the next room and as we entered one, I was trying to get my bearings on where to stand and what to look for. Mind you, everyone was very respectful, and it was as quiet as a library. All of a sudden, an elderly woman behind my screamed out, “YOU’RE STANDING IN MY WAY!” Everyone tuned to look at me. I turned around to see a woman that was much shorter than me. I moved along out of her way.
Suddenly an elderly man jumped up in front of my view and stood right in front of me trying to block me. It was obviously that he was the woman’s husband. My daughter standing off with my wife started to get angry and was about to get into an argument with him. I motioned for her to stop and just kept saying to the man in a soft voice, “Be Kind, Be Kind”. After a few seconds the elderly couple walked off ahead of us.
Even though I didn’t know this couple, I couldn’t understand what they were experiencing with this dreadful exhibit. Maybe they knew someone that had died in Auschwitz or maybe they felt I was a callous and apathetic person like the Nazi’s where, and they vented their built-up anger at me. My point: We should try to be not only kind, but also empathetic. We never know what someone may be going through in their walk through life.
Scott Yonkouski
Great format, no one knows a person’s history but that person. We can’t change the world, but sometimes we might be the world to someone, being nice can bring that out.