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Kindness at home. Kindness in public. Kindness at church and kindness with your enemies. Pretty well covers the gamut, don't you think? Almost. Someone else needs your kindness. Who could that be? You.
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I love people and it brings me great joy to be kind to others; but like the Max shared....the key is not always in the being kind but in who I choose to be show kindness. It would be easy to just skim over this part with the assumption that I already know it...or that it's such a simple thing.
I'm fairly sure that most times when I
think I know something well....I need to get back to basics and look within. I'm encouraged to be more mindful of my attitude and ways I can choose to be more kind to
me.
The catch for me is to stay aware of the fact that "it" (insert whatever attitude applies) begins with me. If I lack kindness toward myself I will have no capability to
truly be kind to others....for those who I find it most difficult to show kindness....a kindness that comes from my heart. I know that I can't give away something I don't have.
This is an especially good reading for me today because I've been very busy lately and have been a bit hard on myself for not accomplishing some things I intended to have done by now.
I've acted kindly to myself in many ways, yet still have tons of room for improvement in that area. I've recently taken much needed time off from some of my work, spent extra time with family and also took a fun & relaxing trip out of town.
After reading this devotional, I'm seeing that I can still improve in how I view myself; and that instead of being overly critical of myself I can choose a kinder, gentler way.