The Magic of Kindness

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.

Life is hard. It’s full of anxiety, stress, rejection, criticism, harshness, and negativity. These difficulties are always swirling around us. We have tons of fears that really wear us down and cause us to have a huge loss of self-esteem and confidence as we go through life.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

 Through all of this whirlwind of difficulty, I’ve found a couple keys that keep a smile on my face and a light in my heart.  The first is the threefold concept of “iman…islam…ihsan” that I posted about awhile ago. The other is simply kindness.

Kindness is magic…it is so magical because it is (unfortunately) so rare. Kindness is also so magical because it is so incredibly easy to give. It takes seconds, at most a few moments, to give someone a piece of your heart and possibly change their lives forever. And in return, you will reap rewards many many times greater than what you originally put in.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves

Kindness is…
-being open and honest with the people you love and appreciate and telling them very clearly that (1) you love them and (2) specifically what you love about them
-writing someone an email, a text message, a short note, or a card with a few kind words from your heart
-encouraging someone, telling them that you believe in them and that they can achieve their aims
-writing a du’aa for someone, sincerely praying to Allah (swt) this du’aa, and giving the person the du’aa as a gift from your heart
-sending someone a link to a cool website with a kind message “Thought of you when I read this”
-giving positive and uninhibited feedback to someone when they do something good
-calling your friends and just letting them know you care
-going out of your way a little bit to benefit someone else
-a million other things that just flow from your heart when you feel love for those around you

Kindness is whatever you do for others that gives you that light in your heart and that smile on your face.

Kindness isn’t about excessive praise or lip service. It’s about thinking about others on a regular basis with true, uncorrupted love. It’s about enriching the lives of those you care about so that they, too, can have ease and times of joy during this struggle through life. It’s about giving of your heart without fear of it getting trampled. It’s going to get trampled,  believe me. It doesn’t matter. Kindness repays itself many times over and in the end, your little acts of kindness will create a life for you that is majestic. Take the risk. Don’t be embarassed or inhibited or nervous about the result. Just take the plunge, give yourself freely, and watch how it changes your life.

Small things done with great love will change the world.

 

 

~ by raggiungere on March 30, 2007.