World Kindness Day 2022

World Kindness Day is today, it is an international observance on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998.

Kindness is defined by doing something towards yourself and others, motivated by genuine desire to make a positive difference. We know that kindness and our mental health are deeply connected. Kindness is an antidote to isolation and creates a sense of belonging. It helps reduce stress, brings a fresh perspective and deepens friendships. Kindness to ourselves can prevent shame from corroding our sense of identity and help boost our self-esteem. Kindness can even improve feelings of confidence and optimism. 
We're all familiar with the saying “it's better to give than receive”. What might surprise you is that this is actually backed up by research.
Kindness to others involves a desire to create positive relationships of trust, reliability, dependability, connection, support, and honesty.
Kindness and goodwill are values we all should care about and both refer to the motivation to help others and oneself or to do good.
Goodwill and kindness towards others is also from my point of view strongly connected and combined to respect, compassion, decency, fairness, kindness, generosity, and warmth. Long list of word but even longer and stronger is the value of it which I feel and see. And much more goodwill is and includes kindness to others and kindness to oneself.
Kindness and goodwill can be shown towards loved ones or towards strangers. Both can be shown in response to others (reliability) as well as actively (caring). I often worry that worldwide our societies are losing more and more humanity, kindness, gratitude and goodwill.

Gratitude, goodwill, and kindness are the keys to more happiness in life - I firmly believe.

Forms of kindness and goodwill are - feeling, showing, practicing ...

Whatever choice you make makes you

  • Kindness is a choice
  • Attitude is a choice
  • Happiness is a choice
  • Goodwill is a choice
  • Giving is a choice
  • Respect is a choice



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