Spotlight On Kindness: Being Kinder To Yourself

If we resolve to be kinder in the coming year, we must also first resolve to be kinder to ourselves. We are often our own worst critic and the harshest judge of our own perceived inadequacies. If we can't be compassionate to ourselves, how can we be truly kind and compassionate to others? Love begins with loving ourselves - only then can we give without a sense of obligation or fear. - Ameeta

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Spotlight On Kindness A Weekly Offering

"If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You can't give the love you do not have." - Kemi Sogunle

Editor's Note: If we resolve to be kinder in the coming year, we must also first resolve to be kinder to ourselves. We are often our own worst critic and the harshest judge of our own perceived inadequacies. If we can't be compassionate to ourselves, how can we be truly kind and compassionate to others? Love begins with loving ourselves - only then can we give without a sense of obligation or fear. - Ameeta

Kindness In the News Hundreds of Americans become foster families to ailing senior veterans, opening up their hearts, hearths and home as part of an innovative Dept. of Veteran Affairs program. Read More From Our Members A KindSpringer noticed a man in a wheelchair without shoes on. He offered him an old pair of shoes he kept in the car and the look on the man's face was of "sheer delight." Read More

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