Today’s DMC, or Daily Manifestation Challenge is about Kindness.
I have had so much kindness displayed to me in my life.
For this I am eternally grateful.
While I was still waitressing at the Newsroom, 5 years ago, my regulars, The Simons, came in for lunch as usual. I was upset and they noticed. My nephew Blaise had just been born in Atlanta and there were major complications. He was in Intensive Care (NICU) and was having his brain scanned. I was crying as I was taking their order for Arnold Palmers. I had no money to fly there, I was scared. I got their iced tea-lemonades and came back.
They told me they were sending me to Atlanta.
They did.
I will never forget that act of kindness.
Now that is a big example, but there are lots of small ones. Every time I go in my bank, the tellers all know my name and say hello. It’s like Cheers. Small acts of kindness like this are not small to me at all.
They keep me going.
So back to mean people. Yea, they pretty much suck. And kind people pretty much rule.
And, yes I know that their lack of kindness is coming from a deep well of unhappiness or insecurity or tiredness or because someone else was just lousy to them. So here is my advice to them: take a deep breath in, bite the inside of your cheek if you have to, but, under no circumstances, should you do or say something to tear someone down or to try and make them feel less than.
So what I decided is that to make up for every person who is less than kind I will be extra kind. Take today’s DMC with me! It feels good. Be kind for no reason. Be kind to a homeless person. Be kind to the person in the car next to you. Be kind with your thoughts. Be kind to yourself.
That, Dear Manifesters, is the essence of yoga to me.
II.33 Vitarkabadhane Pratipaksabhavanam
“In the face of negativity, one should cultivate the opposite view.”
Perfect Jen There is nothing better than a smile to turn things around.
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I love this one especially. You know that I made that pact with myself awhile ago. I really took it to heart and it has completely transformed my relationships with quite a few people. I love to be nice just because it feels good. I love that I always ask everyone where I go what their name is. My friends think that everybody at the store knows me because I shop there so much. That is not it at all. It is because I took the time to get to know them. It makes a huge difference.
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