Kindness is overarching, and more complex and layered than it seems at face value. A simple, true act of kindness (or lack of one) is so deeply meaningful, and has the power to completely turn a horrible day around. For that matter an instance where someone neglects kindness has the potential to derail a perfectly good day for someone. It’s easy to be kind when things are going well for us. It’s easy to be pleasant, easy to give, easy to smile. But what about on our worst days, or days we are distracted with our own world? When we are feeling stressed, lonely, tired? When we’ve exhausted our emotional energy for the day? I’m learning that kindness is a practice that does become easier over time, but what does practicing it look like, and what does it take?
