As I considered the weight of current events, I promised myself to live to the absolute outer edge of my capacity for kindness.  My own personal response to the many angry words being tossed about and the harshness of so many actions, this very day, in our world.

Being willing to be EXTRA kind was like an invitation to sweet opportunity.  Are these chances around me every day?  It is aptly understood that we see what we expect to see…so today I saw opportunity for extraordinary kindness one right after another. 

The grace in this commitment is this:  extraordinary kindnesses were unexpectedly offered to me.  Kindness must move in a circle!  I wonder how your day might be inpacted if you invited yourself to stand to the absolute edge of your own capacity for kindnes?

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