Hey Reader!

Tomorrow, November 13, is "World Kindness Day." It's the jubilee, marking the 25th year since the first official World Kindness Day" initiated by an International consortium called the World Kindness Movement. Let's celebrate by making every day world-kindness day.

Tomorrow is also my dad's 87th birthday, which is very fitting because my dad is the kindest man I know. He weaves kindness into the fabric of our family and was a living example for my sister and me of how to be kind: his energy, words, and actions. Happy Birthday, Dad!

In case you missed it, here's last week's post on Thought Changer:

​This is Where You Belong​

As always, would love to hear your thoughts.

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Quick Word - Words have power. Use them well.

This week's word: Kindness

As much as I write and talk about kindness, it bears repeating, again and again. Especially now with so much division, angst, and strife in the world.

Kindness. What an important word.
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Kindness is a noun meaning "gentle, caring, and helpful." Or, "the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic." Or, "friendly, deliberately doing good to others."

Humanity. Courtesy. Benevolence. Gentleness. Cordiality. Affability. Amiability. Goodwill. Understanding. Charity. Grace. Magnanimity.

Originating from Old English c. 1300, kyndnes, which meant "nation," also "produce, an increase." Expanding the definition in the late 1400s to "courtesy, noble deed."

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop

When more people begin with kindness, kindness swells.

Kindness provides a much-needed and solid footing, a foundation from which to meet and greet the less-than-kind assaults that seem to drag down the ether, to stench the air we, at times, feel forced to breathe.

Kindness is the air freshener.

Kindness is the helium that will raise the heavy, negative energies; that will raise the ether, the very consciousness of society.

Kindness is love, understanding, and compassion in action.

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." – Seneca

Kindness in its authenticity, is true power.

Kindness is a choice. While it's true some people seem to have more of an easy kindness about them, we all have it in us, and we all can make the choice to be kind.

“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life." – Jackie Chan

Kindness transcends labels. And, titles. And, status. It is an equalizer, second to none.

Kindness swells. Imagine a world where we all started and ended with kindness.

Something to think about.

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Journal Prompt

Start your journaling each day this week with: What does kindness mean to me? What does it look like? Feel like? How can I live in kindness today?

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Why write on Medium? "As of September 2023, Medium is one of the 400 most visited websites with over 130 million monthly visitors." - Sinem Günem

I get asked often about how to get started. I've been fortunate to meet some friends and co-writers on Medium, a community that supports writers and readers.

One of them is the generous, talented, and KIND Sinem Günem. She's a top writer on Medium and one of the editors of the publication, "Better Marketing."

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I hope you have a great week filled with kindness.
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Keep creating, abundantly,