“the greatest gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.”
-meryl streep
kindness in all things, today, and every day.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
There are so many pointless ‘days’ celebrated now, but this is an important one to note.
Best wishes, Pete.
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and sad there has to be a ‘day’ for it at all, but it’s a start
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Yes, it is a gift. But the gift must first be opened. It is of no use just sitting in the box.
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spot on
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Hopefully we’ll grow in this and not regress.
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I really hope so, too
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Amen.
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Love it!
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A poem for a hard working angel at the hospital … Last night my dreams echoed her kindness…And a big thank you to everyone working in the health care system.
Her Kindness
I can hear storm clouds rumbling
But I cannot hear the darkness
I can see a tired sun fading
But I cannot see the gloominess
I can say help those who are crying
But I cannot say I am fearless
But I will not sit and be silent
My hands respond with kindness
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I’ll keep practicing, knowing I’ll never get it perfect but happy to keep trying, Beth.
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I can never receive too many reminders to practice kindness. Thank you.
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Kindness day should be everyday!
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Amen
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Yes! Yes! Yes! 🥰
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What? Now there needs to be a kindness day? Every blooming day should be a kindness day! Never heard that one, but obviously it’s NEEDED to be named that as it seems that there isn’t overly much kindness displayed amongst the human races.
Actually, this makes me sad. (and Meryl is not only a great actor but a wise woman!)
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I vote that every day be Kindness Day.
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Agreed
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Yes, perform random acts of kindness every day.
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Forever
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Yes! Thank you for this quote, Beth.
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Incredibly important to our survival
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Exactly!
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Kindness is everything… Next to empathy
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Hand in hand
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True. Hand in hand
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Yes
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The world needs so much more of this.
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We are starving for it
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People need to realize that others feel pain the same way they do, emotionally and physically.
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You’re so right. The trouble is the politicians and media on all sides have found destroying empathy helps them.
Here’s hoping the world wakes up.
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I hope so too
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Exactly
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A timeless message.
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Yes
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That empathy has such a strong power indeed.
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So strong
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Kindness is often the easiest choice to make. This is lovely, Beth.
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It often is
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Kindness, care, empathy, compassion…so so needed in this world. And we are each capable of all, if only we choose to remove the focus from ourselves.
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Spot on-
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Needed now more than ever…
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Every day
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yes, yes, and yes: on every day —
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Right!
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I didn’t know there was a Kindness Day. Thanks for telling us about it, Beth!
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And it should be every day
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Should be a way of life. Happy kindness day. :)
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i agree, and it should happy kindness life
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Truly a lovely day to celebrate, thanks indeed.
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Absolutely
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Today, and every day. Yes!
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absolutely
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Amen to that.
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<3
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