A Smile, a Kind Word, a Willingness to Listen

It’s common knowledge that all acts of aggression lead to more aggression. All we have to do is watch the news and read the daily papers to prove that point. But we don’t always get it that the reverse is also true: acts of love lead to more love, in our own lives as well as those lives we touch. Our one “little act” of love is not meaningless. Far from it. Our lives and the world around us are changed by a multitude of little acts of love—something as simple as a smile or a kind word or a willingness to listen. ~ Casey, Karen. Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow. Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.

Aggression, we don’t need!
We have a surplusage, a plethora of that!
Obviously we did four years ago
when the cited book was published,
but how much more today!!
But the reverse is true!
The solution is love!
Pay it forward, do random acts of kindness!
Our lives and the world around us
are changed by a multitude
of little acts of love—something as simple
as a smile or a kind word
or a willingness to listen.
Live it today, tomorrow, every day!

 

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