You know, kindness is a lot like a garden hose. What? Did he just say that? Yep, I did. After my morning jog today I 
noticed a garden hose that had a pinch in it. When I turned the faucet on, there was a pressure build up at the point of the pinch. This meant very little water came out of the nozzle.
So, what does all this have to do with kindness? During the past month of doing the kindness challenge, I have noticed that when I am consistently thinking about kindness I am presented with kind deeds to do. Once done, it seems that others do kind things for me. It is a natural flow of giving and receiving. However, when I resist doing a kind deed because I am tired or just don’t feel like it, it is like I am pinching off the natural flow much like that garden hose. Things just don’t seem to flow like they do when I am doing kind deeds.
Stay in the flow today. Decide to do at least one kind deed a day for the remainder of the kindness challenge (and beyond if you like).
With peace, gratitude and being pinch-less,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 58
Kindness is a blessing especially when you combine gratitude with it. Being thankful for everything in your life will
allow you to do even more for others. You really can make a major impact on others. All it takes is to practice doing kind deeds today. Then, repeat tomorrow and keep repeating.
“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!” Henry Ward Beecher (US Congregational minister, 1813-1887)
With gratitude and peace,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 54
Today’s kindness is compassion. This was taken from our Daily Positive Points: Look through the glasses of compassion and
you will see things much clearer in your life. Do not just look through them every now and then, teach yourself to look at each situation with compassion. When the heart softens, peace and abundance immediately flows.
Today’s Quote:
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.” Eric Hoffer (American Writer, 1902-1983)
With peace, gratitude and compassion,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 50
Today we were once again given a very cool air show by some of the locals. Here in Destin, FL, there are several retired military pilots from World War II. We discovered that they restored several 1944 T-6 Texans and to the delight of people on the beach, they fly in formation and put on a show. When I hear the engine’s loud rumble, I rush out and look up to the sky.
During the week of Thanksgiving the past 3 years they really put on a show. They even have smoke coming out and fly amazing close to the water that will actually take your breath away. So, today I am grateful for these pilots for entertaining me and all the others here at the beach.
With peace and kindness,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 49
This has been a very interesting week for me. I have had ups and downs but realized yesterday that I am responsible for how I feel. So, if I choose to feel good and happy, that is pretty much what I experience that day. I tried that yesterday and simply had a great day. I decided to be kind by taking it easy on myself. Sometimes, (well, most of the time) I can push myself way too hard. Then when things do not turn out as planned, I tend to beat myself up just a little. I am grateful to be aware when I start doing it. Then I get rid of the STINKIN’ THINKIN’ so I can experience the SWEETNESS of life!
Today’s Daily Positive Points says it all, “Sometimes life has a way of putting us on our backs to force us to look up.” Charles L. Allen (Minister, 1913-2005)
With peace and kindness,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 44
What does this have to do with kindness you may be asking yourself. Well, the first is obvious. I started saying some prayers on behalf of this women but as I looked around the plane I could tell that some others must be doing the same thing. When we arrived at DFW, everyone waited patiently while the medical staff attended to this woman.
It turns out that she was must have been OK because she was still on the plane as I got off. I have to think that maybe, just maybe, my prayers and those from others on the flight might have just helped this lady in a small way.
Keep doing kind deeds. We are almost half way through with the challenge!
Peace and gratitude,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 42
Everyone no matter who they are deserves someone to be kind to. Just remember that and do your kind deed with a smile and love in your heart.
Peace and gratitude,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 36
This morning I went for a jog on the beach like I have done every days since arriving in Destin, FL. While jogging I
was thinking about kindness and realized that I had pushed myself too far yesterday. That sure was not being kind to myself. So today I decided to cut my jog a little shorter and be kind to myself.
The payoff was good. While it was a good exercise, I did not have the symptoms from yesterday’s walk such as sore and swollen knee or cramps in my thighs. Then I noticed that the day just got better and better after that. SA-WEET!
With gratitude and kindness,
Bill
P.S. The picture was taken during my morning jog.
90 Days of Kindness – Day 35
You know, kindness is a lot like a garden hose. What? Did he just say that? Yep, I did. After my morning jog today I
noticed a garden hose that had a pinch in it. When I turned the faucet on, there was a pressure build up at the point of the pinch. This meant very little water came out of the nozzle.
So, what does all this have to do with kindness? During the past month of doing the kindness challenge, I have noticed that when I am consistently thinking about kindness I am presented with kind deeds to do. Once done, it seems that others do kind things for me. It is a natural flow of giving and receiving. However, when I resist doing a kind deed because I am tired or just don’t feel like it, it is like I am pinching off the natural flow much like that garden hose. Things just don’t seem to flow like they do when I am doing kind deeds.
Stay in the flow today. Decide to do at least one kind deed a day for the remainder of the kindness challenge (and beyond if you like).
With peace, gratitude and being pinch-less,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 34
When I was thinking about the kindness challenge today my mind would just not stop. I kept remembering something
to do, another task to complete or someone to call. I realized that I would be doing myself a kind deed by taking time to write down every item on my to do list. After I did that exercise, I felt instantly better. It is amazing to me how much energy I was wasting by not getting them down on paper.
Enjoy the picture of tonight’s sunset. Simply amazing!
Love and gratitude,
Bill
90 Days of Kindness – Day 33
So, it got me thinking. Isn’t kindness just another tool you can claim for yourself? I have discovered that the more kind acts I do (for others as well as myself), the better positive attitude I have. That’s a very Sa-WEET trade-off, isn’t it?
Grab your toolbelt and remember, you make the world a better place, one kind act at a time.
Peace and gratitude,
Bill