lara simmons

Shall we make a new rule of life... always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? -- JM Barrie  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Live by a new rule. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

Simple kindness to one's self and all that lives  is the most powerful transformational force of all.  -- David R. Hawkins  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Be a force for good. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

No blame, be kind, love everything.  -- Terrance Keenan  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Love everything. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

Every generation is a life-and-death struggle between wisdom and ignorance,  and there is no guarantees wisdom is going to win.  We have to try to be as human as we can be,  and as kind as we can be, and detach from our need for results.  -- Peter Coyote  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Be as human as you can be. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

...[W]hen you're living your everyday life, be kind. Your job isn't to correct others. Just help the Holy Spirit clean up YOUR wrong mind by switching to your right mind, and then leave the rest to Him.  -- Gary Renard  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Switch to your right mind. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

Kindness is more important than wisdom,  and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. -- Theodore Rubin  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Find wisdom. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

Every kindness I received, small or big,  convinced me that there could never be enough of it in the world.  Kindness can change the lives of people.  -- Aung San Suu Kyi  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Want to change lives? Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

It's hard to be in the world.  We can make it easier by being nicer to ourselves,  and then that kindness ripples outward.  -- Kate Caroll deGutes  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Want to make the world easier for yourself and others? Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

The natural warmth that emerges when we experience pain includes all the heart qualities: love, compassion, gratitude, tenderness in any form. It also includes loneliness, sorrow, and the shakiness of fear. Before these vulnerable feelings harden, before the story lines kick in, these generally unwanted feelings are pregnant with kindness, with openness and caring. These feelings that we've become so accomplished at avoiding can soften us, can transform us.   -- Pema Chodron  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Looking for transformation? Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

In any moment you behave with loving-kindness,  even when you don't feel like it,  you have ascended, for that moment, to sainthood.   -- Dan Millman  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Want to experience a moment of sainthood? Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

A kind heart finds paradise everywhere.   --Alan Yuen  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Find paradise everywhere. Practice kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

My religion is very simple.  My religion is kindness.     -- The Dalai Lama  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Practice the religion of kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

Deal with the faults of others as gently [and kindly] as your own.   --Chinese proverb  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Learn to be kind to self and others with my twenty-eight day kindness challenge: 28 Days of Kindness .

No one could ever be unkind or withhold love unless they were first wracked with guilt and fear.   -- Ken Wapnick  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Get the book here: 28 Days of Kindness .

Kind words do not cost much.  Yet they accomplish much.   -- Blaise Pascal  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Kindness is free; the book costs just $4.99! 28 Days of Kindness .

Thank you God for showing me what it means to be kind,  for teaching me how to be kind and for filling my heart with kindness.   --A kindness prayer from The Universe  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Fill your heart with kindness. 28 Days of Kindness .

'J'aurais du etre gentille,' I should have been more kind.  That is something a person will never regret.  You will never say to yourself when you are old, 'Ah, I wish I was not good to that person.' You will never think that.    -- Khaled Hosseini  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Learn how to be more kind in the next twenty-eight days. 28 Days of Kindness .

When given the choice between being right  or being kind, choose kind.    -- Wayne Dyer  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Want to learn how to choose kind? Practice with me in 28 Days of Kindness .

Let no one ever come to you without leaving you better and happier.  Be the living expression of God's kindness:  kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.    -- Mother Teresa  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ I call this "the Kindness Creed." Make it yours. 28 Days of Kindness .

Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. -- Philo of Alexandria  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ What battle are you fighting? Kindness can help. 28 Days of Kindness .