Lots of us are probably already adding kindness into our days, perhaps without realising it.
Here are some ways that you may have carried out an act of kindness without even thinking about it: • Donated clothes or bric-a-brac to a charity shop. • Recommended a book or TV series to a friend. • Let a car out in front of you on a busy road. • Helped someone reach a jar of pickle down from a high shelf at the supermarket.
I think it follows that if we are being kind without realising it, we can do even more by consciously considering it. So why not have a think about the places and times in your life where it would be no extra effort to add in doing something for someone else. For example:
- Putting your neighbour’s bins away when you do yours.
- Recycling through a fundraising scheme.
- Warning a fellow dog-walker that the path ahead is muddy.
Don’t over-think it! Kindness is most strongly welcomed when it feels natural and authentic, not forced or contrived.
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