Day 91: Kind Acts of Love
“The great acts of love are done buy those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” – Victor Hugo
Great love and kindness go hand in hand. I believe just as kindness must begin within, so must love. Love must come from within ourselves before it can truly be given or received. We can hope and want love from someone or something else, but if we cannot create that inner self love and truly believe that we are loving and lovable, we will search for it until the day we die. My journey to find, create, and live kindness has brought me to a place where I must look within myself for the kindness and love that I feel my life has been lacking. I habitually look out for acceptance, love, validation and kindness, instead of realizing that all of the kindness I want to see in the world is in my hands. As Gandhi so poignantly stated: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” That is where I am, on day 91 of 365 days of kindness. I know that love and kindness are ultimately the same thing and that in order to have love and kindness in my life, I must wholeheartedly love myself. And from that love, kindness will pour out of me and I will see, experience and live loving kindness.
The kindest thing we can do for ourselves, others, strangers, the world and our planet, is to love ourselves.
Jennifer Palazzo
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Beautiful post. Well said. This is great and – so true! Thank you for sharing this. I think kindness today is SO under rated – but SO important. Much like self-care, self-love and self-compassion. I am learning this too. Love this post – thank you 🙂
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment and encouragement, I appreciate it!
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