Continuing my kindness series, let’s talk about kindness towards others, specifically small acts of kindness. If you haven’t read my post on kindness towards yourself, and would like to, you can find it by clicking here.

Kindness put a ripple out into the world with affects that we may never see. Even though we may never see the affects no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted!

If you are aware of the concept of karma, you know that everything you put out into the world comes back to you. The reason this is, is because on a grander level we are all one. There are only different versions of you, not different “yous”. 

If you think about it that way, an act of kindness towards another, is actually an act of kindness towards yourself. 

So, with the concept of karma it makes it almost a no brainer to act kindly towards others. However, the lack of instant gratification can make it a little more difficult for our brains to want go out of the way to be kind. 

What we are overlooking is there is instant gratification with being kind… we just overlook it or aren’t aware enough to realize it. We are so caught up in moving along with our day that we may miss how GOOD it feels to be kind. 

Take a minute to think about that. Try and remember a time you were kind when you didn’t have to be. How did it FEEL?

If you look at how you feel as a meter of what you should be doing more or less of, kindness rates pretty high. That good feeling is instant, and you can reflect on that moment and bring back those good feelings instantly changing your state of being. 

Gabby Reece (for those of you unfamiliar with her click here) once talked about being the first. What if you were the first to smile? What if you were the first to say hello? 

What if you were the one to show kindness first? How would that feel? 

I know it feels good when someone else takes the initiative but does it feel good or does it feel safe? 

We are living in times where we must stop living in the kindness closet and be the first! 

I know it is scary to put yourself out there but if we all had that fear we would be living in a pretty miserable world. And what is there really to fear? Mostly rejection. What if I wave and they don’t wave back? 

The answer is who cares? You went first, you put out that ripple, you did what you could control. How others react is out of your control therefore, not of your concern. 

What a wonderful world it would be if we all focused on putting out those ripples! How many more smiles would there be? How many more days would be brightened? the affects are infinite!

And that is just with a simple smile or wave! Not even getting into other acts of kindness like donating, listening, supporting, etc. There really is no bound to how kind we can be. 

Kindness evokes the kind of chain reaction that this world needs more of. And the best thing about it is it is free and every single one of us is capable of it. 

That is powerful. You are powerful. You can influence the world with one smile, one act of kindness.

Live in that power! Feel it! Take full advantage!

I hope you are enjoying the kindness series. Please share with someone that would enjoy it as well. 

Stay tuned for part 2 of being kind to others. I go more in depth about what kindness does and doesn’t mean and balancing protecting yourself with being kind.