The Fact of Universal Kindness Makes All the Difference: As one response to challenging situations in the world at large, and maybe in our personal development and our lives, I invite us to remember the fact (and it is a fact), of universal kindness. I have noticed the kindnesses around me recently, and they are like a gentle balm for the soul, and I’d like to offer this as life advice for your consideration in these challenging times.
Though perhaps hard to remember at times, helping and kindness are natural human responses, across cultures and situations. I was recently inspired by this UCLA study about just how much and how often people around the world respond to requests for help: how they are cooperating, minute to minute, day after day. “The findings suggest that being helpful is an ingrained reflex in the human species”. How encouraging is that! It opens and softens my heart and makes me smile, outside and in :-). Have a read and see how it affects you. I’d love to know. We’re in this together.