Yearly Archives: 2019

In a gentle way, you can shake the world Mahatma Gandhi Have you noticed how people behave on trains? Most of the time, you can find people with headphones in and their attention faced downwards at something on their phones. When I go on trains, I behave the same way […]

The Kindness of Strangers

30 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged compassion / look up / random acts of kindness by Jo-Anne Gordon

How do you find clarity at the end of a big year? For the last sixteen years as a year closes I take an afternoon and ask myself a series of questions to reflect and make decisions for the coming year. It is a ritual that has now become one […]

seeking clarity and kindness

27 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged #reflection / clarity / new year by Amanda

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome. Amelia Barr Kindness What comes to your mind when you hear that word, kindness? I grew up in a small country town, where everybody knew everybody. It was a cultural thing to make eye contact, acknowledge people, and say hello. The term ‘it […]

Kindness takes a village

23 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged connection / neighbour / village by Shiko Kariuki

No one is so poor that they cannot enrich the lives of others with kindness and compassion, as these coins come from the heart, not our purse.“ Josephson I have been ruminating about kindness so here’s some random wisdom from me and others. When we are not sure how to […]

Kindness Wisdom

20 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged christmas / holiday season / kindness / mother teresa / proverbs / wisdom by Penny

‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ ‘Kind,’ said the boy. I’ve been following Charlie Mackesy on Instagram for a few months and love his take on life shown through the simple wisdom in his words and illustrations. When his book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The […]

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse: a ...

16 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged #bookreview / #charliemackesy / #elainefraserauthor / #theboythemolethefoxandthehorse / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser

I’ve always struggled a little, to tell the truth. You could say it’s the dramatic in me, or maybe the part of me that doesn’t want to hurt others. I am a bit of a people pleaser and keeping peace often means that my heart carries the weight of white […]

Clear is kind

13 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged brenébrown / clarity / truth by Amanda