Tag: kindness

  • It’s easy to focus on bad humans, anger and sorrow are such easy emotions to latch onto. But, the people quietly and happily going about their day are so much more energizing.

  • I was a witness for the wedding of two very wonderful people. It was a good burst of positivity with some very clean emotions.

  • I find it hard to let go of my list of things I “need” to get done. The things I “should” have gotten done the day before. It’s a list that builds and builds, when it really just needs to reset. To reset and reevaluate what’s actually going to get done and when.

  • It can be a good lens to look at friendships/relationships through: “do I feel valued by this person?” and also “do I feel valuable when around this person?”

  • In deep relationships I want to be honest in all things, even the potentially hurtful. For if I hold it back, it will only build with time.

  • Things are rarely that simple, but as far as baselines for behavior go it’s the one I like most. If you only seek to do no harm, than often you can cause inadvertent harm. Passive-aggression through inaction. By choosing not to act you can often be choosing not to help.

  • Life can be much easier or much harder depending on who is in your life.

  • And always put things in perspective, any small victory you can get on that front helps (“a year ago I couldn’t imagine dealing with this stressful problem that I am dealing with”). I often find it hard to be kind to myself, but stopping to think if I’m eating well, if I’m getting enough sleep–if […]

  • I find it easier to be forgiving of other people than myself. Yet, intellectually is makes sense to focus on change from within.