Catch a Smile, Pass a Smile

With the Holidays comes added stress. Traffic, not finding a parking space, long lines, how you are going to fit everything into the day. Well right now, I just want you to take a deep breath. Just breathe. Everything will be ok. You are alive, healthy, and blessed.

I have heard that kindess breeds kindness and hatred breeds hate. Moods are contagious. What mood are you passing on to others? I'm not saying be fake. You are all aware of my days. I'm just asking are you aware of how you make others feel? All too often, I am not. I mostly care about what is in it for me. How can you make ME feel better.

This video is about actions, small gestures of kindness. It requires no money to be kind. No one has to be nice to you first. No one even has to be nice to you after you do something nice. Being kind for the sake of being kind, without credit. Doing the right thing when no one is looking. Letting someone in front of you. Opening the door for someone. Paying for the person behind you at the drive-thru. Being patient with those retail workers who don't understand. Letting first world problems go to look at the big picture. Are you "just venting" or are you stirring the pot? Next time someone urks you, remember that your reaction and mood are visible and can be contagious. Do you like what you are passing on?

I don't want to be a pot stirrer anymore. I want to start being a person who lifts others up. I want to do it sincerely. I want to wear kindness around my neck.

Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindess and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart