monday meditation on the fruit of the spirit – kindness

“Happiness is the new rich. inner peace is the new success. health is the new wealth. kindness is the new cool.”

Syed Balkhi

Bonjour! Happy Monday. I love this quote, especially kindness being the new cool. Isn’t that an awesome thought? People walking around being cool by being kind? Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Especially generous. To me practicing kindness is like practicing love. 1 Corinthians 13:4 says “Love is patient, love is kind.” Today let’s practice kindness. Here is a monday meditation on the fruit of the spirit – kindness.

be kind to others

How do you begin to practice kindness? The first step would be just to look around you. See the people around you and notice others that may be in need. Kindness is being generous with others. Generous with your attention, with your wisdom, time and resources. Be concerned about the welfare of others. You have heard, I’m sure, be the change you want to see in the world. Let’s re-frame our thinking so that joyful giving becomes a regular practice. And don’t forget to be kind to the animals too!

be kind to yourself

Practicing kindness starts with being kind to yourself. It’s difficult to practice kindness to others if you aren’t being kind to yourself. Pay attention to how you talk to yourself. Take the time to be kind to yourself. The better you treat yourself, the better you will treat others. Just watch too, the kindness you radiate will come back to you. While you’re at it, buy yourself the tee!

random acts of kindness

A great way to practice kindness is to make it a plan, schedule it even. Each day resolve to practice a random act of kindness for someone. And just watch what happens. Kindness is contagious, watch it spread. There’s a great resource for ideas at randomactsofkindness.org, start making your list! Also, have a listen to The Kindness Project, a British podcast hosted by father daughter team Chris and Charlotte 👍

So let’s spread some kindness this week everyone! I hope this monday meditation on the fruit of the spirit – kindness has inspired you. I’ll leave you with some wise words from a very wise man. À bientôt!

“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth”

—Albert Einstein