Be Kind To One Another

An act of kindness is a gesture of goodwill towards someone or something. It can be performed anywhere and at any time #kapish. 

A simple smile, words of encouragement, giving out tokens, volunteering, giving up your seat for the old lady on the bus, or buying a sandwich for the hungry, saying “please”, “thank you”, “pardon me”, “I am sorry” most especially admit it when YOU ARE WRONG. These are little acts of kindness.

We should also know that these acts will make people embrace us and it is a way of connecting because we have impacted into someone's life even with little gestures.

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You don’t need to have the biggest account balance in the world or have the best face or own a big and progressing business. Even with the little you have, you can impact greatly on someone’s life regardless of who they are or who you are.

Teju Oyelakun @tejubabyfacetv told us a story on one of his shows about a guy who gave him a motivational book not minding he is a famous celebrity, he doesn’t know the guy from anywhere, the guy just saw him, stopped him, gave him a book and left. Imagine that! Normally, people will ask for money, an autograph, his number or more. Teju said he read the book and he was blessed. I am sure he will never forget the guy.


On my way to work one cold morning, a young boy  (5 or 6 years old I guess) came to me begging for money, I didn’t have enough money on me, so I gave this boy my food and Malta Guinness which I packed for my lunch from the house. This boy knelt down to thank me then ran to his friends to share the food with them. Their happiness made me smile, in fact, it made my day because I smiled all through. Well, I didn’t die because of that, instead, I got some surprises at work. 

Ellen Degeneres @theellenshow has always been a great motivation and inspiration to people her kindness and generosity has been shown to different people regardless of who you are. She doesn’t look down on anyone and she doesn’t take anyone for granted. She with the help of other people, give gifts, help pay loans, makes people famous, help you pursue your goals, bring people together, take families on vacation. In general, the does anything to make people happy.

Remember, what goes around comes around! Research has shown that being kind to others increases our own levels of happiness as well as theirs. What’s more, it has a knock-on effect – kindness is contagious, so it makes a bigger impact on our surroundings than we might think. When you make people happy/ smile, joy stirs up within you, the zeal to do more is activated and life becomes meaningful when everyone is happy.

Try it today, it's not too late, try an act of kindness and see how it feels. It doesn’t take you anything. Just like Ellen always say “Be Kind To One Another”