{"id":385,"date":"2014-08-08T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T05:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=385"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:51:30","slug":"kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/08\/08\/kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Quotes - Kindness by Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/12750185955_b4aebd9336_b_kindness.jpg\" alt=\"kindness photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kindness is <a title=\"The Barnacles of Busy-ness\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/06\/02\/barnacles-busy-ness\/\">saying no <\/a>to what you <em>could do<\/em> so that you can say yes to what you&#8217;re <em>called to do<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is allowing other people the space they need to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is taking the time to learn someone\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is remembering someone&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is caring for yourself so that you can care for others.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is giving people the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is choosing to think the best of someone.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is having a positive attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is compassionate action.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is keeping a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is not complaining. At all.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is refusing to guilt someone into doing what you want them to do.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is taking responsibility for your own life instead of blaming your problems on someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is refusing to make excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is tickling someone\u2019s <a title=\"Laugh Out Loud\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/01\/20\/laugh-out-loud\/\">funnybone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is laughing with folks but never laughing at them.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is choosing to have a <a title=\"Enjoy the Music, and Give Thanks\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/05\/01\/enjoy-music-give-thanks\/\">thankful heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kindness is refraining from giving advice.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does kindness mean to you?? Let us know in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-387 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Is... from Belovedlove\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg.jpg 750w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kindnessis_lg-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<p><small><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Image inserted by the WP Inject WordPress plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wpinject.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57980142@N05\/12750185955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)<\/a> <a title=\"Attribution License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-inject\/images\/cc.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kindness is saying no to what you could do so that you can say yes to what you&#8217;re called to do. 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