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Be Kind: A Year of Kindness One Week at a Time is by Melissa Burmester and Jaclyn Lindsey, the founders of Kindness.org. The book is based on their mission to "educate and inspire people to choose kindness." The book is divided into 52 weeks, and for each week there's something to learn, do, and reflect… Continue reading Book Review: Be Kind
I discovered this morning from LittleTinkablee's blog that today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. According to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, these are some of the benefits of kindness: releases the feel-good hormone oxytocin, which also lowers blood pressureboosts energystimulates the brain's reward centreproduces endorphins, which decrease paindecreases levels to the stress hormone… Continue reading It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day
Today is World Kindness Day. With all of the anger, hate, and divisiveness raging in the world right now, we need more kindness. Kindness can be so simple, and doesn't have to cost a thing. So today, and every day, be kind.
Beckie's Mental Mess recently nominated me for a Random Acts of Kindness award, hence the topic of this post. I have found so much kindness in the blogging community. When I'm struggling, I can always count on getting words of support. When I'm feeling discouraged about blogging or anything else, I always get lovely words… Continue reading There are no small acts of kindness