Building The Kindness Habit

One of the best ways to increase happiness in your life is to increase kindness to yourself and to others. I often wondered how can one build this kindness muscle?  Here is an easy 4-part strategy you can use to develop this habit. 1. Kindness In Action Sometimes, starting with the inanimate easiest. Here’s what to do: In each action of your day do it with kindness. Doing the dishes, do it with loving and kindness toward the dishes. Sweeping the floor, do it with loving kindness towards the floor. When taking out the garbage do it with loving kindness towards the garbage. When folding the laundry, do it with loving kindness towards your clothing. When eating, do it with loving kindness and gratitude for the food. Everything you do, do it with intentional kindness. Everything. Try this for a day. It will literally melt your heart in a good way. 2. Kindness To Animals For some people this is already easy. For some people they take their frustrations out on their pets. Whichever you are, this is a great exercise to develop the kindness reflex. For this strategy here’s what to do: With your pets and all animals shower them with kindness. Whenever you… think of them talk to them pet them care for them do it all with kindness and love. 3. Kindness To Others (Okay, were starting to get a little more difficult here!) With every person you encounter: mentally send them kindness and love let your actions towards them be driven by kindness and love in your words, let ...
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