Kindness

I joke with my friends (and complete strangers) that I've never been known as the "nice girl" and it's true. In any group I've ever been in, I'm never the one people point out as the nicest. I'm known as silly, loud, sarcastic, loyal, and I'm sure a host of other things. And though I think most people would say I am nice, very nice in fact, they wouldn't label me as nice.

It took me a while to be ok with that. God gave me a whole host of attributes and it doesn't really matter to me what people call me or refer to me as because in the end, it's not between me and them, it's always between me and God.



That being said...being nice is a good thing. It's kind of a vanilla word though and I much prefer the word kind. 

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kind²

kīnd/

adjective

adjective: kind; comparative adjective: kinder; superlative adjective: kindest

1. having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.

   "she was a good, kind woman"

   synonyms:

   kindly, good-natured, kindhearted, warmhearted, caring, affectionate,loving, warm; More

   antonyms:

   inconsiderate, mean

   • used in a polite request.

     "would you be kind enough to repeat what you said?"

     synonyms:

     kindly, good-natured, kindhearted, warmhearted, caring, affectionate,loving, warm; More

     antonyms:

     inconsiderate, mean

   • (of a consumer product) gentle on (a part of the body).

     "look for rollers that are kind to hair"
   • archaic

     affectionate; loving.

     synonyms:

     kindly, good-natured, kindhearted, warmhearted, caring, affectionate,loving, warm; More

     antonyms:

     inconsiderate, mean

     
     

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     I found this 30 Day Kindness Challenge on Pinterest and thought it might be a fun personal challenge. I know it'd be too much pressure to check off one a day but I'm going to attempt one a week for now. I think some will be much easier than others (there are no parking meters here, btw) but I'm going to make my best effort to slowly but surly check them off the list. I want to make sure it's something that I do aside from my normal daily routine (like how I cook everyday for someone already so I need to make sure I'm cooking for a different someone for that to be checked off)

     
     

     Want to join me?