A Brief Introduction to World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day

Welcome to World Kindness Day where kindness is welcomed and celebrated by people across the globe. This day is also an opportunity for us to encourage each other to spread kindness whether it’s for someone else or just for yourself! This day falls on November 13th each year!

If we look into google, we can see there are many definitions of kindness but this one definition really speaks to me as the real definition of kindness.

For me, kindness can be defined as choosing to do something that will benefit others or yourself and putting our genuine, warm feelings into it without expecting anything in return.

We may think of kindness as sharing our belongings, treating our friends with some food, being nice to others but if we think thoroughly, it’s more than that and to list all of them here, i think this post will be never ending.

Anyway, here are some of random act of kindness that we might overlook are:

• Giving compliments

• Being considerate and thoughtful

• Feeding our pets or stray animals

• Spending time with our loved ones

• Helping the one in needs

• Leaving positive comments on social media

• Thanking others

• And last but not least, giving and offering hugs and cookies

  
  

And the list will go on as well. As we can see, kindness comes into our life in so many ways. Some of them are noticeable with our bare eyes but some come in forms of abstract or maybe harder to depict. Regardless of how the kindness represents, each of them is appreciated and valuable as not only it’ll benefit the takers, it’ll create positive influences on ourselves.

Now speaking of benefits, Let’s read about the importance of being kind!

1. It helps to make the world a happier place for someone

There is nothing that makes us happier than seeing someone with a smile on their face after receiving an act of kindness. Even though a person doing this mission alone couldn’t change this world to be a happier place for others, we could change that if we work together to spread kindness. These acts of kindness could lead us to build a positive community and encourage others to do it as well.

2. It helps others feel good

Imagine you’re having a bad day, your moods are all over the place, things don’t go the way it usually is, the weather doesn’t look nice and after that you went home feeling wasted, tired, sad and all in between. It must have been an unpleasant day for everyone including me. Then you received a message from your friends, “Hey, I got you your favourite food and it's on the table. You seem tired. Rest well, okay? Let me know if You would like to talk to me about anything, I’ll always be here for you”. And with that short message from our friends, it makes our day a bit better and feels good about ourselves after a long, tiring, and unpleasant day.

3. It helps boost both our physical and mental health.

It has shown that kindness could reduce our stress and ease our anxiety as both high levels of stress and anxiety could make us more vulnerable to mental and physical illnesses. Kindness can positively affect our brain and mind to generate more positive thoughts for ourselves. Hence, this effect boosts our self esteem and productivity in everyday life.

4. Let’s not forget, kindness helps us in taking better care of ourselves

When we learn how to be kind to others, we also subconsciously learn to be kind to ourselves as well. The more we practice it, the more kindness will be applied to ourselves as we know which is good or bad for us. This practice helps us in practicing self care and taking time to care for ourselves. Never forget that you deserve all the kindness that you have given to others.

Now you know the importance of being kind to yourself and others, you’re all good to go. Here’s a list of reminders for you before you go on this mission:

1. Do it the way you enjoy the most

2. Keep others in mind

3. Don’t overdo it

4. Go at your own pace

5. All your kindness you did today are appreciated

6. Put yourself first

7. Give yourself a pat in the back

8. Thank yourself for being strong and courageous throughout this mission

That’ll be all for this post. Thank you for reading this to the end. May your journey in spreading kindness to others be a success! Let me know your thoughts below regarding this event ^^ *offering hugs and cookies to everyone*

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