Kindness Begins With Me!

This week's Wordfull Wednesday includes two questions:

1. What small, random acts of kindness have come your way?

And I just happened to pick up this darling book at the library last week before I knew the topic. It's about a little girl who does something nice for one person and the snowball of kindness it creates. Read it, you'll love it! I know I have had a few nice things done for me, few being said in a sarcastic tone, because I couldn't even begin to make a list. I will say that one of the kindest things people can do for me is to simply acknowledge my existence! This can be done in many ways, a smile, a hello, a plate of brownies, a note, a phonecall, a simple realization that I am here, and that I matter. To be thought of and have those thoughts put into action make a huge difference in my life.

2. What do you try to do to spread some cheer or give to others around you?

This song from the Primary Children's Songbook immediately came to mind.

I want to be kind to everyone

For that is right you see

So I say to myself, remember this,

Kindness begins with me!

(To hear it sung click on the lyrics)

A few things I try to do to show kindness:

*smile

*say hello

*go out of my comfort zone in order for others to not get out of theirs

*try to remember things they like and buy little things on a whim

*dinner for no reason...no babies, no sickness, just wishing someone a happy day

And, last but not least, I hope we'll all be kindest to those whom we love best, our families. After a very rough morning I feel terrible even writing that sentence, but we just do our best, then try to do better! Here's to kindness!