This past week, I wrapped up a little book study with a small group of ladies. We listened to A Case for Kindness by Lisa Barrickman. In the book, the author outlines “forty kindness practices that easily fit the margins of [our] day-to-day interactions” (description from Hoopla).
Here are just a few ways we can extend kindness as described in the book (in no particular order) …
- put people before projects
- care for ourselves
- reduce clutter in our homes; give our excess away
- write a tribute to an important person who has helped shape us
- be mindful of our surroundings, looking for opportunities to extend kindness
- pray for people
- go the extra mile for someone
- leave kindness notes for others to find
- take and share photographs
- forgive
- give gifts secretly
- care for our friends
- learn and use people’s names
- give money
- donate blood
- lean in and listen
- take care of the earth
To use the words of the author, “When we are out reacting to the world with kindness, we can be encouraged that our love has a three-way impact. It pleases the pourer, delights the drenched, and stirs up the splashed.”
I encourage you to check out the A Case for Kindness website. Here’s the link:
https://www.acaseforkindness.com/
And, of course, give the book a read or a listen. You can purchase the book here: A Case For Kindness: 40 Ways to Love and Inspire Others
“Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.” Proverbs 11:17
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