Do you want to be more kind in your life but are not sure how to do it?
As you know if you have been listening to this series, kindness is a muscle, that you can grow, that become a default behavior of yours , can become a new neuropathway.
In this episode, the third in our series on Building Kindness as a Superpower, we look at the key to unlocking kindness so that we can have the kind of life, relationship and impact on the world we want to have.
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“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person’s life sorrow and suffering enough, to disarm all hostility.”
U.S. poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Dalai Lama
“Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.”
Nobel Laureate and the father of Neuroscience
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Eric Hoffer
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As always, the work continues:
This is a great article that details the "75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice."
Reading List:
Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In
Robyn Maynard, Policing Black Lives
Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist
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