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Rewind, Be Kind
Consider how far kindness can go after an imperfect, frustrating, or otherwise off day.
Did you have a bad day? Or were you inundated with messages about your friends, family, and loved ones having a bad day? How did that impact you and how did you feel when you called it a day and got some sleep?
Today is a new day. You have an opportunity to look back on yesterday and decide if you want or need to continue the badness of the day before or take a new approach. Easier said than done? That, of course, depends on you.
Looking back on a previous day’s events, whether you are doing this as you go to sleep at night or the next day, you can choose how you want to review what occurred.
Might I suggest that you seek out kindness?
Be kind to others
Among my friends, there have been a whole bunch of things going on. Some were impersonal but impactful because of a shared community, while others were personal and spurred disagreement. Things were said in the heat of debate and argument that I suspect were not intended to be as hurtful or argumentative as they came across.
The single biggest problem with the internet, text messaging, and social media is the lack of tone in words on the screen. When you talk to someone you get tone and a level of context that typed…
