Planting Seeds Of Kindness

 

Plant your seeds of kindness and do not pull them out of the earth to see if they have started to grow. Let them gestate.  If you continue to nurture your thoughts, words and deeds in consciousness, sincerity, peace & compassion then the fruits of your labors will be there for you when you need them. You will not have to question.  Do not be set back by the ego’s tricks and false thinking. As the sun comes up daily, so should your acts of kindness and reflection be repeated.  Just as instructed on the shampoo bottle; lather, rinse & repeat.

At the end of each day I ask myself what my challenges and my triumphs were. In the morning I set forth a plan to commit a random act of kindness.  I like to commit at least one a day, but my goal is always 3. It can be as simple as holding the door open for someone or allowing someone else to go in front of you in line at the store or bank. It can be safely picking up trash that was not yours and properly disposing of it.  I like my acts of kindness to be unknown, simple gestures that elevate how we interact with the world and each other.  It’s really easy to get caught up in what isn’t working in life. Worries, fears and irritations take very little effort. Plotting kindness is incredibly rewarding and forces our focus on what really is important in life which is how we interact and experience life overall. That doesn’t mean I ignore what isn’t working, I just practice not letting it be the center of my focus. As the Ancient Greek Philosopher Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.