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Quotes April 01, 2021

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Just love them – more than they deserve. “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”
Joseph Joubert
 
 
 
 
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Eric Hoffer
 
 
 
 
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”
Bob Kerrey
 
 
 
 
“Kindness gives courage.”
Debasish Mridha
 
 
 
 
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.”
Joseph Campbell
 
 
 
 
Right now, we can see a mere glimmer of the future that lies ahead. We are still behind the screen of disease, mask, and injury. Let this glimpse give you hope. A better future is ahead. Make it kind.
 
 
 
 
Right now, we can see a mere glimmer of the future that lies ahead. We are still behind the screen of disease, mask, and injury. Let this glimpse give you hope. A better future is ahead. Make it kind.
 
 
 
 
When the road is unclear, focus on the kindness you give — and receive.
For the last several years, a lot of us slipped into a kind of hibernation in order to keep our hearts safe and strong. It is now time to wake up! The world needs you now, more than ever before.
 
 
 
 
Life has a lot of hills and valleys. Sometimes, they are actual hills. Sometimes, they are just little bumps in the snow. All we can do is stay true to our purpose and kind to each other.
 
 
 
 
Yes, yes, I get it. It’s warming up, the vaccine is here, and… you want to get out, meet new people, party, see your friends, play, play, play! NO! Now is not the time. Now is the time for patience. Be kind to you. Don’t risk it all on impatience.
 
 
 
 
Will the world open up again? Do I have Covid? Am I going to get it? What about that vaccine? I can’t go back working all the time. I get it. No one knows what’s coming next, especially now. Breathe. You’ve got this. You can handle whatever comes next.
 
 
 
 
Some days, it’s good to remember that kindness begins with kindness to yourself.
 
 
 
 
These beautiful flowers are a type of narcissus.They are beautiful, but truly haven’t we had enough of the self serving, narcissists? Be kind to everyone and you’ll chase those narcissists away.
 
 
 
 
Yes, I get it. You can’t see what’s coming next. No one can. So, we do our best. We put one foot in front of the other. The fog will clear sooner than you think. Hang in there.
 
 
 
 
Everyone makes mistakes. Don’t be too hard on yourself. No really — stop it. The only way to get through times of great uncertainty is to learn to be kind to yourself. Today is a good day to practice.
 
 
 
 
What can you do to increase the love you give?
 
 
 
 
We are on the cusp of enormous rebirth. Vaccinations are on the rise. The economy is set to rise again. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is slipping into spring. Rebirth is in the air! Now is a great time to ask yourself: Am I going in the right direction?
 
 
 
 
Amidst the stones and hard places of life, we find a simple command — be kind. It makes the hardest places just a little brighter and more tolerable.
 
 
 
 
In the dark of night, the wind blows softly and whispers, “You are made of moonlight.”
 
 
 
 
You are a bright star in this beautiful universe. You shine with your own unique and beautiful way. Shine your beautiful light.
 
 
 
 
No matter how bright the spotlight, or how alone you feel, be kind. You will enhance your beauty and become unforgettable.
Right now, we are each facing a new start in a post-Covid world. We need courage. Kindness builds courage.
 
 
 
 
No matter how cold it is outside, be kind. It will warm your heart.
 
 
 
 
Breathe in. Breathe out. You’re on your way. Be kind.

Quotes March 08, 2021

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I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Stephen Grellet
 
 
 
 
No matter how cold it may be where you are, be kind — to everyone, and especially to yourself.
 
 
 
 
I know that you might not feel it. But you are loved. Today and every day. Never, ever forget it.
 
 
 
 
The world in is the middle of massive change. It will either cause you to fly or to fall. Embrace your inner butterfly. Stretch out and fly. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
We never know where life will take us. We can be kind at each twist and turn. It’s up to us.
 
 
 
 
There is light. You just have to look for it. Kindness can be your light. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
Have you ever noticed that we only have eyes in the front of our heads? We see forward. We move forward. We can create a kind future. We can. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
Let’s face it — everyone’s life is a bit upside down right now. There’s so much so much! It’s enough to make anyone anxious and lose sleep. Here’s the thing –> You can handle whatever is around the corner. And you can. If you lose your way, be kind — to yourself or someone else. You’ll find yourself again.
 
 
 
 

When I first saw this picture, I saw green tea cake with whipped cream and a dusting of chocolate. It’s not. Even though it looks one thing (cake to me), it’s actually something else. It’s a good reminder that we might not be seeing things correctly. When confronted with something odd, take a moment to breathe. Don’t be afraid to ask “What does that mean?” Be kind to you.

Quotes February 27, 2021

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“To belittle, you have to be little.”
Kahlil Gibran
 
 
 
 
“Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.”
Stan Lee
 
 
 
 
This is a music venue here in Denver. Human Kind Be both.
 
 
 
 
Getting ready to plant your life? What you plant is what you will harvest. When you plant kindness, you grow a kind life. It’s about that simple.
 
 
 
 
I’m not going to tell you that it’s not hard. You will remember this time as one of the most difficult of your life. FEEL what you are feeling. Don’t hold back. But don’t ever, ever believe that you cannot do it. You’ve got this. Be kind to you in the process.
 
 
 
 
Are you sure you’re flying in your right direction? Or are you just following that guy in front of you? Take a moment and think about it. If you want a kind life, you have to fly with a kind flock.
 
 
 
 
Some days the best thing you can do is put your feet up and plan for better days. Better days are coming.
 
 
 
 
Every once in a while, we need to stop and be grateful for what hasn’t happened.
 
 
 
 
Be kind and watch the bright and beautiful fill your life.
 
 
 
 
Your kindness to others will cause beautiful things to grow in your life.
 
 
 
 
Let’s just be crystal clear — we are KIND people. It’s in our DNA. The cruel and power hungry are weirdos, freaks. Be kind to everyone – even the weirdos. You’ll feel better and more like yourself.

Quotes February 15, 2021

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“When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.”
Rachel Naomi Remen
 
 
 
 
“Let go of those who bring you down and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
Are you sure that you’re seeing the forest (big picture) of your life? Or are you just focused on the trees (this problem)? The world is beautiful. This darkness, this problem, this moment — it will pass. Keep your eye on the forest. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
Don’t like where you’ve ended up? Every path has a destination. You can change your path by being kind. A kind road will take you to incredible destinations. Be kind. Go great places.
 
 
 
 
Life is really overwhelming right now. Pandemic? Economy? Life? Work? It’s all up in the air. Take a moment to center your mind on a beautiful scene. Breathe in. Breathe out. You’ve got this.
 
 
 
 
It’s morning in the middle of the winter and a pandemic. It’s evening in the middle of the summer and a pandemic. What can you do to make things better? Be kind — to yourself and everyone you know. It’s the only thing that will help.
 
 
 
 

 
 
I saw this and thought that I couldn’t say this much clearer — what you become what you think about. Read that again. YOU **become** what you think about. Watch what you think about. Need to change your mind or your life? Think about kindness.

Quotes February 08, 2021

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“If your compassion does not include yourself it is incomplete.”
Jack Kornfield
 
 
 
 
“No single person can do all the kinds of care that are needed all the time; we each can play a role in supporting each other in different ways, though. Now, go forth and care for each other — and yourself.”
Deanna Zandt
 
 
 
 
Look around you — a lot of people are in pain right now. Be kind. “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
James Baldwin
 
 
 
 
“Some people are going to reject you simply because you shine too bright for them. That’s okay. Keep shining.”
Mandy Hale
 
 
 
 
Listen, a lot of people feel really alone right now and have no idea how to reconnect to others. Whenever you’re feeling really alone, be kind to someone. Your kindness will reconnect you to the world.
 
 
 
 
Everything feel a little upside down? It’s likely that you aren’t seeing things clearly. Panic, despair, anger, loneliness and even hunger can make you see things a little oddly. Take a break. Breathe.Things will be right side up when and only when you’re feeling better.
 
 
 
 
If you have a chance to make people happy, just do it. Sometimes people are struggling silently. Maybe, your act of kindness can make their day.
 
 
 
 
Moon and stars pour their healing light upon you.
 
 
 
 
Wear your mask. Wash your hands. Be patient. Be kind. The last two will help you with the first two.
 
 
 
 
Plant Kindness. Harvest Love.
 
 
 
 
Happiness is the new rich. Inner peace is the new success. Health is the new wealth. Kindness is the new cool.
 
 
 
 
How can you be kind? Here are a few suggestions. The one that I like a lot is simply not being an asshole. Sometimes, that’s a really hard thing to do.
 
 
 
 
When you’re in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you’ve been buried. Perhaps you’ve been planted. Bloom.
 
 
 
 
It’s not a huge leap to be kind to someone. Most of the time, all you have to do is shut your mouth. 😉
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 24, 2021

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“Justice at its best is LOVE correcting everything that stands against LOVE.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
Booker T. Washington
 
 
 
 
Every single day is a new chance to meet yourself and your life with more kindness. In every moment, every breath, there is a moment of still silence. Find kindness there and you’ll never lose it.
 
 
 
 
For today, find beauty in your world. Human beings recharge in beauty. Soak it up. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
The entire human world has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus. We sit at home hoping not to get the virus and hoping it will be over soon. You are not alone — no matter how alone you feel. Be kind and watch your world open up. We’re in this together.
 
 
 
 
This bird has been following you around. He’s been watching. He knows all about that thing you’re so angry with yourself about. He thinks you’re being to hard on yourself. He says: “Let it go. Be kind to yourself.”
 
 
 
 
It’s been rough, really rough. There is nothing about life right now that’s “normal;” you know that. Change is here and it’s as messy as it always is. Just breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Do it again. We’re going to be just fine.
 
 
 
 
It’s cold. In some places, it’s really, really cold. Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean you have to be. Be kind. Beat the cold.
 
 
 
 
With everything going on right now, how can you not be kind?
 
 
 
 
How can you bring more hope and kindness into your life? The more hope and kindness you bring to your life, the more hope and kindness you bring to the world. Have hope. Be kind. It’s simpler than you’d think.

Quotes January 14, 2021

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In the middle of chaos, you are surrounded by the pieces of a new world. Make it kind.
 
 
 
 
You are made of stardust. You are born to light. Don’t dampen yourself. Let your light shine. Not sure how to do that? Be kind. Feel the glow.
 
 
 
 
With kind eyes, all things are possible.
 
 
 
 
Love surrounds you. If you’re like me, you’re rushing from here to there, trying to get this thing or that thing accomplished, trying to make a small corner of your world a better place. You don’t notice the love surrounding you. For this week, notice the love around you. Breathe it in deeply. Let it sustain you.
 
 
 
 
Our lives have so many textures, emotions, responsibilities, threats, and long “to do” lists. For most of us, the last year has changed every aspect of our lives. It’s frustrating. There’s nothing in our previous lives that can help inform our current life. Kindness — to ourselves and others — will get us through this. Be kind through each mess up, transition, drama, and screaming teenager. We’re in this together.

Quotes January 09, 2021

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“I am one person. Things get done when they get done. I will take things on step at a time, one day at a time.
Karen Salmonsohn
 
 
 
 
“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
 
 
 
 
We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”
Howard Zinn
 
 
 
 
What kindness will you commit today?
 
 
 
 
Magic happens when you don’t give up, even though you want to. The universe always falls in love with a stubborn heart. (Book of prosperity)
 
 
 
 
We are asked to love more and judge less. Kindness is love in motion.
 
 
 
 
As we move into this new year of change, remember — you don’t always need a plan. Sometimes, you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.
 
 
 
 
“If everything around seems dark, look again. You may be the light.” Shine on.
 
 
 
 
We do ourselves a great unkindness any time we attempt to deny or block change. Change is life. You cannot stop it. Be kind to yourself and surrender to its current. Watch your life unfold.
 
 
 
 
Are you seeing things correctly? Sometimes, the kindest thing we can do is to accept that we aren’t seeing things exactly clearly. Be kind.
 
 
 
 
As the calendar changes over to January, we begin to look at our lives. Last year brought so much new into our lives and so very much sorrow. Before we drag ourselves forward, we must stop to ask: Are I on a path that will bring kindness to others and myself? If not, what needs to change? Let’s make it a kind year.

Quotes December 29, 2020

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“Give yourself some kindness today until you’re filled and pass it on.”
Lori Hill
 
 
 
 
“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men (and women).”
Thomas Carlyle
 
 
 
 
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert.
 
 
 
 
“A hero is one who knows how to hang on for one minute longer.”
Norwegian Proverb
 
 
 
 
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over.
Haruki Marakami
 
 
 
 
Hang on. Dark days and dark moods never last forever. You will feel better soon. Being kind to everyone you know will help you feel better.
 
 
 
 
There are a lot of pieces to the puzzles. This chaos will not last. Kindness will make the chaos end sooner.
 
 
 
 
When is it that you feel alive? strong? capable? Try to do these things every single day and you will feel better. Being kind will help you find what you are best at.
 
 
 
 
No matter what is weighing you down, you can still be kind.
 
 
 
 
Every single day you get a chance to start over again. No matter what has happened in your life, you can start over again. Let go of the past and give yourself the gift of a fresh start. Be kind to you.
 
 
 
 
Are you sure you’re seeing this correctly? Listen, there’s a lot of misunderstanding going around. Checking your facts is the kindest thing you can do.
 
 
 
 
Okay, I get it. We all get it. This year has been hard. This virus thing is crazy. The politics are simply insane. It’s all hard to wrap your mind around it all. How do we move forward? Be kind. How do we get through all of this? Be kind.
 
 
 
 
Even the birds have to stay at home now. Be kind to each other. Please.
 
 
 
 
“Some people make our laugh a little louder, your smile a little brighter and your life a little better. Try to be one of those people.” We don’t know who said these words. They are still true.
 
 
 
 
Don’t let winter’s chill take over your heart. We will get through this, together. Be kind to everyone you meet, even yourself.
 
 
 
 
Seek out bright and beautiful things and people. When in doubt, BE a bright and beautiful person.
 
 
 
 
Never give up. Never ever.

We live in unusual times.

No one knows what’s going to happen next year or the year after.

There is no historic precedent so there’s no way for you to predict what’s around your corner. If you give up, you’ll miss it.
 
 
 
 
You always have a choice. Choose kindness.
 
 
 
 
Kindness is the most valuable gift you can give someone — and sometimes that someone is you.
 
 
 
 
Whether it’s cold or warm outside, don’t let the frost freeze your heart or mind. Kindness will warm you and your life.
 
 
 
 
Listen, this week has been hard. Take some time today for yourself. Grab a mask and get outside if you can. Take time in meditation or put on your earbuds and listen to your favorite turns. Recharge yourself. You deserve it.
 
 
 
 
A lot of people just need someone to be kind to them today — that person may be you.

Quotes December 22, 2020

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“Rudeness is a weak persons imitation of strength.”
Eric Hoffer
 
 
 
 
Being kind is a strong person’s way of sharing their strength with another.
 
 
 
 
Kindness is the way. Love is the why.
 
 
 
 
Even when everything seems the same, depressing old crud. Look closer. There is magnificence in the shadows. Beauty in the contrast of grey on white. And kindness in the silent moments between the same old crud.
 
 
 
 
It’s dark here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s easy to let the dark seep into your soul. Be kind to yourself. Sleep a bit more. Drink warm fluids. Take care of you so that you can light up the world.
 
 
 
 
Just be kind to everyone you interact with. It’s easier than you think.
 
 
 
 
Kind words are sweet to the soul. So share them liberally.
 
 
 
 
Even though you often cannot see it, light filters down upon you from the heavens. No matter how dark it feels wherever you are, you are born to the light. The light is there for you. Being kind is the best way to enhance your light and that of someone else’s.
 
 
 
 
Whatever bubble you’re in, be kind — inside and outside of your bubble. Kindness will help us get through this time.