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The Kindness Box

Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Kindness has been defined as actions intended to benefit others. It may also be defined as "having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature, and as encompassing gentleness, respect, amiability, and concern" (Johnstone, 2010).

Some have suggested that kindness should be distinguished from "acts of kindness" or ethical behavior because true kindness—the type of kindness that improves our well-being—comes from a desire to be kind. In fact, practicing kindness when you don't want to can make you feel obligated or even resentful. That's why I believe each person needs to define kindness in their own way.

Kindness: Definition, Ideas, & Examples

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
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Fun & Inspiring Archives - Tiny Buddha

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Matthieu Ricard is a popular monk/author & works to make our world a more altruistic place - for example -

Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of people have joined this chain of solidarity: volunteers, patrons, employees, donors, partners. You too are part of the Karuna family!

Let’s continue together to advocate and act for a more altruistic world! Your donations help support 270,000 people each year in India, Nepal and Tibet, and soon also in France.

20 years of altruism in action | Karuna-Shechen

Here is his main site -

Home - Matthieu Ricard

I recommend his books too!

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Kindness is a strength within the virtue category of humanity, one of six virtues that subcategorize the 24 strengths. Humanity describes strengths that manifest in caring relationships with others. These strengths are interpersonal and are mostly relevant in one-on-one relationships. The other strengths in Humanity are kindness , love , and social intelligence .

Comes from this site -

Kindness | Character Strengths | VIA Institute

Loads of other stuff at that site!

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
An article written many years ago now ...

As we near the half way point of this remarkable year 2012, this is the perfect time to reflect on kindness, appreciation, and harmony.

If you have experienced these times as rough, the roughness can remind you to be kind. Alternatively, the roughness can prompt a reaction of a sharp barb.

Kindness is a remarkable dynamic to give your attention to. Your attention to a thing or idea expands the thing or idea.

Sometimes when you try to have more of something in your life, you first become more aware of its lack or its opposite. Whenever that happens to you, simply shift your attention to the positive aspect of what you want.

Comes from this huge site! -

Kindness in Rough Times - by Jeanie Marshall

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Leads to ... kindness tough times -

Send cards in the mail to a friend or family member

Pay for the person behind you in a drive-thru line

Offer to pick up groceries for someone in need

Donate food to the local food pantry

FaceTime someone just to brighten their day

Send flowers to a friend

Leave cookies, coffee, or wine on the front step of neighbor

Send a gift card in the mail

Write encouraging words with chalk on the sidewalk

More suggestions here -

50 Ways to Spread Kindness During Hard Times

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
I can guarantee you, however, that everyone has a battle that they’re fighting. Sometimes it’s a battle that takes its toll every day of the week. Sometimes, it’s simply a “I woke up on the wrong side of the bed” kind of day.

Certainly, you don’t know what kind of struggle that stranger who bumped into you in the supermarket is having. Could she have just been diagnosed with breast cancer? Could she be at her wit’s end trying to raise an autistic child on her own? Could he have just received a notice that he’ll be laid off at the end of the month? Has he just buried his dad?

Moreover, you don’t even know what battles are going on for your defiant son, your distressed wife or your agitated husband? You may think you know what’s happening but you’d be surprised at the intensity of their feelings, their fears and their unresolved issues.

If an act of kindness can alleviate the stress one is feeling or bring a smile to someone’s face, why be stingy? Do it. Give someone your seat on the subway. Let a mom with an agitated kid break the line. Compliment a person on something they’re wearing. With a loved one, be kind with your criticism. Tell him how much you appreciate his thoughtful action. Share with her how much you admire her courage.

The kindest people make other people’s day better and brighter. That is a worthy goal in and of itself. But if you need further incentive to be kind to strangers and loved ones, know that you yourself will thrive as you become more compassionate, considerate and caring.

The Power of Kindness - by Linda Sapadin, Ph.D

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
92-year-old Nancy Letham usually receives only four cards around the holidays as her friends have gotten older and died.

After an online appeal was posted late this October, though, Nancy has received around 50 cards a day, including from schoolchildren in Portugal, who drew pictures for her.

Nancy’s granddaughter Leo Sheppard posted the appeal, expecting to receive around 40 cards from neighbors in Fife, Scotland where the family live. Now cards are coming in from India and the States, from Canada and Australia and Italy and Spain.

Lonely Grandma Receives Over 1,000 Christmas Cards From Around the World Restoring Her ‘Faith in Human Nature’

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Homeless single father swamped with donations after act of kindness witnessed by millions of strangers

A homeless single father has called online supporters “angels in the sky”, after being the beneficiary of over $30,000 following a video appearance.

James Moss moved to New York from Denver with one year old son Zhi, but was forced to live on the streets when a job opportunity and accommodation fell through. Sleeping rough and looking for shelter, Moss’ life was turned around following a chance encounter with motivational speaker and philanthropist Leon Logothetis. Logothetis, a former stockbroker, has kicked off a worldwide movement called #GoBeKind, looking for random acts of kindness.

Asking Moss for his story, he was moved by the young father’s positive outlook and a desire to look after his son. “Everything I do is for him”, Moss said in a video interview. "The reason I made this move is for him. To be in a peaceful place, the mountains, I want him to experience things that I missed growing up."

This homeless single father went viral - here's how it changed his life

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
But there is another view of love that deserves to be explored if we are to improve upon our often marked inability to sustain long-term relationships – a philosophy of love that hinges upon a quality rarely mentioned in the context of couples, namely, generosity. In this view, to love someone means not just or primarily to experience admiration in the face of perfection, but a capacity to be uncommonly generous towards a fellow human especially at moments when they may be less than straightforwardly appealing. Love is here taken to be not a thrill in the face of accomplishment but a distinctive skill founded on the ability to see beyond a partner’s often off-putting outer dimensions, an energy to enter imaginatively into their experiences and bestow an ongoing degree of forgiveness and kindness in spite of trickiness and confusion. To love is, in this uncommon sense, above all else, to know how to be generous.

Comes from this huge site -

Love-as-Generosity -

Checkout the menus!

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Kindness is a win-win for wellbeing. The research shows us that when we’re kind to others, we not only boost each recipient’s wellbeing; it tends to have the same effect on our own sense of wellness too. Being kind can help us connect with others, and our relationships play a crucial role in our mental health and wellbeing in the long term.

There are hundreds of ways children and adults can show kindness – every day. And it can be fun to sometimes turn these acts into larger events, to really emphasise their importance and value.

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5 Simple Ways to Build Resilience and Well-Being in Children - Hey Sigmund

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Some of the Most Inspiring Moments from 2020

We remember acts of goodness, compassion, and bridge-building from the past year.

BY JEREMY ADAM SMITH, KIRA M. NEWMAN | DECEMBER 29, 2020

By any standard, 2020 wasn’t the best year. We won’t repeat the litany of misfortunes that befell so many people, and instead note that each new disaster often brought out the best in humanity. Here we list just a few examples, which we hope to see more of in 2021.

Read and watch a few videos -

Some of the Most Inspiring Moments from 2020

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Another positive site -

Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. But it is much more. Wikipedia said that: “kindness is a type of behavior marked by generosity, consideration, or concern for others without having an expectation of praise or reward.”

There is actually an organization dedicated to random acts of kindness (RAK) and its mission is to make kindness the norm in schools, workplaces, and communities. They do so by providing content that promotes kindness and social emotional learning.

In fact, Anaheim, California took the idea of random acts of kindness to heart and in 2013 transformed itself into a city of kindness. It’s mayor, Tom Tait, established a year of kindness and asked school children to do a million acts of kindness and they did.

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15 Kindness Quotes to Live By - Goodnet

And that same site has more goood stuff on their menus - for example -

People - Goodnet | Gateway to doing good

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