Yesterday was World Kindness Day and I came across this lovely little image on Twitter. The phrase ‘It’s cool to be kind’ really resonated with me. It’s Cool To Be Kind Kindness is one of the 5 principles I’m trying to base my life on. There have been times that I’ve been so caught up […]
Creating Comfort
Stig Dagerman, the Swedish writer and journalist said that the human need for comfort is insatiable. But there’s a void because many of us don’t know how to comfort another. The art of giving support to those who are suffering or grieving may not seem easy and yet we must all learn how to do […]
Giving From Our Woundedness
Being hurt and wounded is part of life. All of us have faced some hurt – emotional, physical, mental or spiritual. How do we deal with our woundedness? Do we retire into a corner and lick our wounds, continuously seeing ourselves as victims? Or do we allow our woundedness to be way of giving to […]
Do You Follow The Rules?
Do you follow the rules? I did. Sometimes I can’t believe that I used to be Miss Goody-Two-Shoes when I was young. Oh yes, the one word that appeared on my school report card under the column ‘Conduct’ was ‘Responsible’. And I took that really seriously too. Do You Follow The Rules? It’s fine to […]
A Generous Impulse
The Dalai Lama says, ‘Never resist a generous impulse’. A Generous Impulse A child crying, pitifully, because she’s lost and has no clue where her parents are. A mother, helplessly trying to maneuver her infants and a shopping trolley An old man, worriedly trying to cross a busy road, scared of the vehicles whizzing past. […]