Anyone heard of contagious kindness? With all this virus talk still floating in the air, I’ve decided to create a kindness list. Here are my top 50 ways to catch the kindness cold, and pass it on, too.
When I was 13 or 14, I was carrying a huge stack of plates from the dishwasher to the wall unit in the dining room next door. My mum called my name, and, in shock, I dropped the entire stack on the hard kitchen tile, where they proceeded to shatter, the way only dishes can.
I’d like to give you a gift – the gift of time. It comes with the gift of space – two of the most valuable gifts you’ll ever receive. The gift of time is for you alone. It is a gift that allows you all the time you need and more. To process anything big or small that has happened to you.
We’ve all been there, right? Woken up to days that just turn out…’BLAH’. Neither terrible or amazing, just downright, frustratingly B-L-A-H. I love creating lists, so I’ve put together a comprehensive one for all the disappointing days you may encounter. Here are a bunch of ways to combat that dreaded feeling of getting nowhere, and chase it away completely if you’re lucky. You can do this!
Chasing time, running, always running. Juggling, always juggling, trying to keep all the balls in the air at all times – and failing, inevitably. No matter what, there was always too much to remember, to keep track of. Making lists upon lists, crossing something off, writing a new thing on.
I’m in Limbo. Yes, me and the rest of the world. We’re all in a complete state of pure and utter in-between-ness, stuck in this weird, surreal phase of moving forward and going backwards at the same time – or so it feels. If there were ever a time for contradictions, apparently this is it.
I decided to write a letter to myself. Yes, myself — a letter. I’ll start at the beginning. I’ll talk to myself with love and compassion. The way I’d talk to my best friend
May you walk in peace even when your heart is shaking. May you never feel fearful or alone, never feel distant or afraid. May you always remember that even as you walk in shadows, with not a light in sight, that the light inside you will illuminate your spirit. May you always get up after you fall, knowing instinctively that you are far stronger than you will ever realise
It seems like a lifetime ago, when in fact it’s only been a few months. It all came on so suddenly, too suddenly. One second we were getting lattes and lunches, the next we were glued to our TV screens, and wandering aimlessly through apocalyptic supermarkets, the empty shelves a glaring reminder of our harsh reality — “a new normal.”
Without going into the nitty gritty, It’s been a hard couple of months for me. In many ways, I feel like I’m back to where I started a few weeks ago. Nothing major or substantial has changed in my surroundings.