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KIND WORDS The author wishes to remain anonymous Edited by Shmuel Greenbaum Printed with Permission of http://www.PartnersInKindness.org Three weeks after I had given birth, my mother-in-law called one day to ask me if she could bring over a huge pot of soup that a family friend cooked for me. As a new mother ready made food was one of the best presents I could receive. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives: Formulas, stories, and insights By Zelig Pliskin Printed with Permission of Shaar Press Some people feel overwhelmed by the concept of consistently doing acts of kindness. "It seems so difficult to keep thinking about others. I have a lot to do for myself and I canąt always think of others." The solution is to begin little by little. You might not have the time and resources to do all that you would really like to do. Be kind with the time and resources you do have. Every small kind act leads to other and greater kind acts. Every act of kindness makes you a kinder person. Maimonedes tells us how to develop a generous personality. Do many small acts of generosity. Instead of giving a single hundred dollar bill to only one person, change the hundred dollar bill into one hundred singles. Then give them away one by one. These one hundred kind acts are building your character trait of generosity. Just as a building goes up brick by brick, so too you are building yourself act by act. Each of us find certain things easier to do than others. What small act of kindness is easiest for you? Keep doing these acts as regularly as possible. "One good deed leads to another," say the Sages The founder of a major charitable organization with numerous branches began with a few items from his home. He had several vaporizers that he lent out to his neighbors. This grew and grew until the lending of medical equipment free of charge evolved into a national institution of note. Even if a small act of kindness doesnąt lead to major acts of kindness, a small kind act in itself has immense eternal value. Being overwhelmed by thinking too big may prevent you from beginning your journey. Think in terms of one step at a time and you can never tell how far you will eventually go. I met someone who told me that his life mission is to get people who never do things for others to begin to do so. "This seems like a difficult task. Why did you choose this as your mission?" I asked him. "I wish to have as broad an influence as possible. My experience is that once I get a person started on doing acts of kindness, the experience leads to many more kind acts. Getting someone started can be difficult. But once I motivate him to begin, he will eventually be motivated on his own to do much good." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Several US banks are rewarding credit card customers who do acts of kindness. One bank is giving enough airline miles for a flight anywhere in the US or Canada, just for opening and using the card once, with no fee for the first year. These credit cards are only offered to US citizens. A new e-mail group has been created to disseminate this information. For a free subscription send an e-mail to CuttingCosts-subscribe@yahoogroups.com----------------------------------------------------------------- Kind Words is a free weekly e-mail distributed by Partners In Kindness. The archive for Kind Words e-mails is located at: Although the content of these e-mails contains copyrighted material, Partners in Kindness allows users who register at our website to reprint them in print, on a website, or on an e-mail distribution list at no cost. If you have permission to reprint this e-mail, please ensure that you reprint the entire e-mail (including this notice). Names of people, places, and other details mentioned in these stories may have been changed to protect privacy. Kindness is like music, art, sports or any other discipline -- it can only be mastered with practice, training, and lots and lots of encouragement. That is what PartnersInKindness.org is trying to promote. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PartnersInKindness For further information, please visit our Website http://www.PartnersInKindness.org e-mail: info@... ----------------------------------------------------------------- To un-subscribe send a blank e-mail to: Kindness-unsubscribe@... To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: Kindness-subscribe@...
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