Inspired by the October Non-Theist Sunday service, “My Religion is Kindness,” the Healthy Congregation Committee is collecting stories of everyday kindnesses—brief episodes where someone made you feel seen and/or appreciated or you made someone else feel that way.
We will publish some of these experiences periodically in the enews. We believe that intentionally noticing our own and others’ Everyday Kindnesses enriches the many ways we can be together and helps us foster Right Relationships. Consciously exercising the kindness muscle begins to make it a natural part of daily life.
We are looking for simple, explicit moments—you (or another) opened a door, did a simple chore, said a kind word. Kindnesses need not be major sacrifices to be meaningful or appreciated. Here’s an example: “I was coming out of Harris Teeter with two heavy bags of groceries. A person coming in, clearly in a rush, paused, smiled, and held the door open for me. I felt seen.”
Please submit your Everyday Kindnesses to . Let us know if you wish to remain anonymous.
“Whatever we water in our daily life grows. The more we nurture the wholesome seeds, the unwholesome ones shrink all by themselves because we are giving more airtime to the seeds we want to manifest.” — Kaira Jewel Lingo
