Kindness is Universal
I took some extra effort to help a friend with their business recently. She seemed perplexed and asked me why I was helping her so much. It looks like this hadn’t ever happened to her before!
I had not given it a thought myself. I pondered, and said, “ I try to treat every person I meet, the way I would have treated Sanaa or Samaa ( my daughters). If I could apply that much kindness, universally, I’d admire myself for it.”
Becoming a parent has jolted me into more kindness, broader compassion, and a deeper sense of oneness. I don’t manage to do it every single time. Yet, every once in a while, I remind myself of that state of universal kindness I want to arrive at, eventually.
What would make you admire yourself?
What is keeping us from treating ourselves as kids? What is keeping us from being kind to ourselves, just as we are kind to kids?
