Creating a Worldwide Kindness Community
There are no strangers here,
only friends you haven't yet met
... William Butler Yeats
Creating a Culture of Kindness
We are communal beings. We have an instinct to come together, but our culture has created economic and social conditions that separate us from one another. Many people feel isolated and cut off from others.
Kindness creates a bridge between us.
Living with Kindness is one of hundreds of communities around the world that bring together people who want to use their lives to help create a kinder world. In the previous post, “Changing to a Culture of Kindness,” we shared information about four organizations with large followings that are having an impact on the world. They are a tiny piece of the total picture of change happening in our global culture.
All over the world, people wanting to live together peacefully are coming together and inspiring others with their example. Many are actively spreading the messages of love and kindness, creating virtual communities. At Living with Kindness, we eagerly join with the millions of people who are demonstrating the power of love with their lives.
The mission of the Living with Kindness Community is to provide a safe place where we are free to express who we truly are, to talk about our kindness journey, to inspire and support each other in finding ways to expand our kindness practice.
In our community, inspiration comes from all of us. We are each on a unique journey, and by sharing our experiences and what we learn from them, we find that we all have gems of wisdom to share with one another.
Building Community
Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.
Helen Keller
We build community when we join with others who are on a similar kindness path, as we inspire each other with our stories and our wisdom.
Community also enables us to take our kindness practice to the next level – to receive encouragement and support to act with love in unfamiliar encounters. That part of our journey has unexpected rewards, as we discover the gifts that the people whom we had previously ignored have to offer us, enriching our lives as we enrich theirs.
We all contribute to the unfolding history of our country and our world. Let’s use our part in that emerging story to come together and to add more love and kindness where it is so desperately needed. We cannot change the whole world, but we have the power to change our lives and those of people we meet.
If you are living with kindness, you are already making a difference in the world in your daily life. If you wish to receive inspiration and share ideas with others on a similar path, we invite you to join us. As we come together, we truly become a powerful force for good in the world.
Welcome to the Living with Kindness community.
For an uplift, we invite you to enjoy our favorite song about living with kindness
BEING KIND: The Music Video that Circle the World
Our thanks to Nimo Patel and Open Hands Music.
Click here to learn about Nimo's amazing life journey.
Image by Henning Westerkamp from Pixabay
The 9 Cs of kindness are words that describe important aspects of a kindness journey. We invite you to check them out: Choice, Commitment, Connection, Curiosity, Courage, Compassion, Change, Community, Celebration
