Hello,
When I thought about a habit to start off the year, I immediately thought about KINDNESS. When we did this last year on Facebook more people signed up (approximately 5000) for that event than any of our other “online retreats.”
People just LOVE being kind…so here it is! 🙂
Just imagine what your day would be like if you had, say 50% more simple kindness in your life. Being even 10% more kind would have a tremendous impact, right?
Imagine yourself being kind to loved ones, friends, colleagues, customers and clients, strangers and neighbors during your regular daily schedule of activities. What a wonderful ripple effect you can initiate in your circle of influence. Just imagine it.
Small acts of kindness are so powerful.
From a door held open, to a smile – one of those eyes connecting smiles with a stranger, to a deep unexpected hug for a child who needs one (and who doesn’t?) to a phone call to an elder to just say “hi” to unexpected and inspired levels of customer service for your clients…
Very powerful! There are as many examples as there are moments.
Just imagine the impact of this contagious behavior on a family unit, then on a neighborhood. Extend that vision to a town or a spiritual community – a church family for instance. We can have tremendous impact on the world with simple acts of kindness.
From a perspective of kindness, we develop the mindset of cooperation, creative problem solving and love of diversity. With kindness we are more equipped to respond to the challenges we face in our world.
So.. 21 days of kindness…are you in? If so, click “attending” at the FB event page here and join this world-changing event. Or, sign up to receive regular updates on this adventure at Habits That Help Blog.
Each day you will receive a reminder and some tips and suggestions. There are Five Vital Venues of Life TM – and we will do acts of kindness in each venue each day. You can do as many of these small acts of kindness as you can. No rules and no real guidelines…just be kind at least once a day to somebody. Feel free to send messages, post pictures, videos and links to enhance our experience at the event page. Discussions would be wonderful to motivate and inspire each other.
The single most important commitment though is to do something kind for somebody each and every day for 21 days straight . At the end of 21 days you will have a powerful, life-changing, world-impacting new or improved habit to pass on to someone else. [Research does show that it takes a minimum of 21 days to create a brand new habit.]
Here’s some fascinating information on the power of kindness► http://bit.ly/idSR8h and its impact on our immune system ► http://bit.ly/eaKM6d
Be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi. Be the change. Be kind, more kind, deliberately kind, consciously kind. Simply kind.
If thousands of us commit to BEing the change in our own circles, how powerful will that be? How many people can we impact? And how many people can they then impact? Because, you do know kindness is contagious, right? ► http://bit.ly/hwNNbB
Let’s do this! Day 1 is January 25th and day 21 is February 14th.
Until then…how about practicing a bit? 🙂
Wishing you the kindest and most wonderful year of your life.
Julette Millien
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