Kindness. We need to be kind in all we say, do, and think. Sometimes kindness seems like such a "fluff word". A word that really doesn't hold meaning - kind of like saying nice. Well...
Frankly, through time, it's lost it's meaning. However, as Michael Bradley states, "Kindness is:
--the quality or state of being kind
--the steadfast love that maintains relationships through gracious aid in times of need
--goodness of heart, serviceable, good, gracious, pleasant
--love for mankind, hospitality, acts of kindness, readiness to help, human friendship, benevolence, taking thought of others
--goodness in action, sweetness of disposition, gentleness in dealing with others, affability
-the ability to act for the welfare of those taxing your patience.
Jesus was a supreme role model of kindness. Think about the people he met through his lifetime. He was surrounded by members of society that we, in modern times, would think to be part of "the fringe." Think of the situations he found himself in.
Now, think about yourself. We've all had our moments. You know you need to tap this Fruit of the Holy Spirit more frequently. But will you?
1. Keeping anonymity, what has occurred in the past few days or weeks where you might NOT have been the "Poster Child of Kindness"? What could you have done differently? Why wasn't your approach different?
2. Still maintaining anonymity, what situation can you predict will happen in the next week that will call upon you to tap into your reservoir of kindness?
1. There are a few times where I may not have been the "Poster Child of Kindness". When I am getting gifts I tend to get greedy and want more than I need. I sometimes get mad if I don't get what I want. I should have been grateful for what I have, and I should have realized that are people with not as much as I have. My approach wasn't different because I get caught up in the aspect of getting new things and not giving things away to people that need them more than me.
ReplyDelete2. There are some situations in the future where I may need to tap into my reservoir of kindness. I think that people may make me frustrated, and I need to stay kind no matter what. I need to always be kind no matter how mad people make me.
Something that has happened in the past few days of weeks is that my sister made a mess of our room and didn’t clean it up. I probably didn’t respond the way I should have. I should have asked her kindly to clean up her mess. My approach probably was the way it was is because she normally isn’t very organized and keeps her side of the room messy and I was tired of asking her to clean.
ReplyDeleteI predict many things will happen that will cause me to tap into my reservoir of kindness. Soccer is starting back up and we have to combine with a team so I will have to stay kind and patient even if they don’t know all of our ways of playing. Also most likely one of my sisters will correct me or critique me cause me to be on edge.
1. I don't think I've ever really gotten close to being a "Poster Child of Kindness" because I'm rude but some specific examples are me talking about others in a disrespectful manner, directly and indirectly. I could have just shut my mouth and suppressed my thoughts and words, yet I chose not to. Oops. I have no idea as to why my approach wasn't different, I genuinely do not and I'm not saying because I'm lazy
ReplyDelete2. When people test my limits I tend to snap very easily and say less than nice things but instead of doing so I can comply to my inner nice thoughts and not go completely crazy
1. A time in the past few weeks that I haven't been a "poster child of kindness" is when sometimes my room definitively not as clean as it should be. It hasn't really been my top priority. I did clean it but it was later than my mom asked me.
ReplyDelete2. I think in the future I will need to tap into my reservoir of kindness. If I get upset with any of my friends or family I will to tap into it. I will need to calm down and make the right decisions.
1.A couple times in the past few weeks that I haven't been a "poster child of kindness" is when sometimes I am not the nicest to my brother. I need to work on being nice to him even when I really don't want to.
ReplyDelete2. I think in the future I will have tap into my reservoir of kindness. If I get mad at either my family or friends, I need to be calm and not argue. I need to think about my actions.
1. There are quite a few times the I haven't been a "Poster Child of Kindness". One time is when an adult with authority picked favorites, and decided that what I say is not as important as my piers, so I retaliate and call this person out on what they are doing and what they have done for years now. I need to try to stay calm and not let it bother me.
ReplyDelete2. I know there will be situations in the future that I might need to tap into my reservoir of kindness. When an adult with authority picks favorites and decides to have my opinion not matter, than I will need to stay calm and not retaliate. I will try my best to do so.
1. There has been a couple times in the past where I have not been a "Poster Child of Kindness". One example is when my dad tries to tell me something and sometimes I don't like what he has to say or wants me to do so I get irrated and mad at him. I think the next time this happens, I will try to be a little more understanding and kind to what he says to me instead of just getting mad right away if I don't want to listen to him. My approach of the situation was different because, I usually get pretty irrated at my dad if he wants me to do something that I don't really want to do such as take out the trash or do the dishes especially if i have homework to do.
ReplyDelete2. A situation that I can predict that could possibly happen in the next week that will call upon me to tap into my reservoir of kindness is, when my dad or even my mom tells me to do something like a chore around the house, I will try to complete that task without complaining or getting so mad to the point where I might take it out on them.
1) There are a few times where I might have not been a poster child of kindness. Over Christmas there was one thing I didn't get and I was kind of upset. But I realized that some people get nothing so I felt thankful for everything I did get.
ReplyDelete2) Next time I get mad at someone I will try to calm down. I will try to not get super mad at them and be kind. Because, being mean does not solve anything
1. Through out the week I had done gotten into arguments and gotten upset an instead of calming down and not raging at people I wasn't the total idea of kindness. I should have tried to calm down the situation and not freak out.
ReplyDelete2. Still maintaining anonymity, what situation can you predict will happen in the next week that will call upon you to tap into your reservoir of kindness?
I hope that when there is drama or if there is an issue I hope that I can help diffuse the situation and help make things work out.
There are a lot of times when I was not a poster child of kindness. One time was when I got into a fight with a friend and I just went into it thinking oh whats the worst that could happen. I could have taken a much calmer approach. My approach was the way it was because I was thinking in the moment.
ReplyDeleteThe next time a situation like this happens again I will try to go with a more calm approach. I will also think about the future. That is what I will do next time to make the outcome better.
1. This past week I haven't been the nicest sister to my brother. I blow off hanging out with him to do other stuff. Instead I could see that he wants to hang out with me and hang out with him. sometimes I want to hang out by myself which is ok, but I always hang out by myself so I need to take time away to be nice and kind to my brother.
ReplyDelete2. A situation that will show me to start being nicer to my brother is that he will probably break and grow very upset with me. I don’t want that to happen so I will start to find things that we can do together. I need to start spending more time with him, so that he knows that he has a friend to talk to.
In the last few days I have had my moments. My Mom and Dad have really done some things that I haven't agreed with. I tried opening up and telling them my opinion but it came out in a way that was mean and not my best choice. I should have taken some time to pick the best course of action and make sure I was on the right path. I didn't do this because I was so angry I just started lashing out not think about consequences.
ReplyDeleteI think that the situation will accure and i will need to handle it in an appropriate manor this time. I will breathe and take my time to make the best plan in how to handle this maintaining a kind attitude.
1. There has been a few things in this past couple of weeks that could've done differently. Sometimes I get angry at my brother and usually punch him and hurt him. I probably should just breathe and nicely ask him to stop doing what hes doing.
ReplyDelete2. A situation that will happen is that my brother will come in my room and start messing with me. What I am going to do is be kind to him and nicely ask him to stop. hopefully it will work because I have never tried it in the past.
1.In the past few days I have noticed I haven't been the nicest to my mom and I have been disrespectful when I don' necessarily "get what I want." I feel like I need to have patience and not get so mad over small things. I didn't approach it the way I should have because I was mad in that second.
ReplyDelete2.I think my mom will start really seeing how I have been. I don't want to get things taken away or get in more trouble. I will start to be more aware of my actions and words.
1. If I'm being completely honest I haven't been in enough interactions with people to have not been nice, like, I haven't been mean recently just cause I haven't really talked to anyone till school started up again, I hadn't really interacted with my parents either.
ReplyDelete2. Still I don't really have any grudge or argument going on with another person so I can't predict something happening because I haven't been quarreling with anyone.
1. A time in the past few weeks when I haven't been a “poster child of kindness” is when i'm not nice to my brother. Whenever he comes into my room I tell him to leave before he even says anything. I need to work on being nicer to him and let him ask me a question if he has to.
ReplyDelete2. In the future I will need to tap into my reservoir of kindness. If I get mad at my friends or volleyball team I will to tap into it. I will need to stay calm. I need to think before I say something.
There are a few times where I haven't been the "Poster Child of Kindness". A couple days ago me and my brother were fighting and I yelled at him because he was being annoying. I should have just been calm and just relaxed but he really made me mad. I yelled because I wasn't thinking before I acted and should have.
ReplyDeleteNext time I am in this situation i will stay calm and make the write decision. I know it can be ahrd sometimes but I'll do it.
1. Over the past few days, my sister has been getting into my room and messing my stuff up. I haven't acted like "The Poster Child of Kindness" because I was really mad at her. It wasn't easy for me to just be nice to her after she was in my room messing up my stuff. I didn't approach this the right way because I was mad and I didn't explain to her why I was mad.
ReplyDelete2. I might still be bothered by my sister, but I have to remember to talk it out and not just let my anger interfere with my thoughts, words, and actions. I have to let her know that I don't like what she is doing. I think if I'm honest with her, she might stop.
1. My brothers started going to a small kids group at my church, at the same time, at the same place. It made me mad because I usually ride with my dad on the way home alone and that is when we talk about the stuff we missed. I could have been more accepting, I see them the same time I do with my dad’s and not at all on Wednesdays sometimes. My approach wasn’t different because the drive home is my time with my dad. They get to hang out with him all week and I only see him once a week and every other weekend.
ReplyDelete2. It will happen again next week and that's when I can say, I'm glad my brothers are here so I don't have to wait a whole other week to see them again. I need to be nice because they love me and they show it and I need to show my love AND kindness to them. I want them to follow in my footsteps and be kind to each other. I don't want them to laugh when one of them falls down I want them to help each other get back up.
1. There have been a couple of times in the past few weeks when I haven't been the "Poster Child of Kindness." Sometimes I over react with both of my siblings and then they get angry at me. I need to work on being nicer and staying calm.
ReplyDelete2. Next time I am in this situation I will stay calm. I will think before I act. I will have self control and kindness.
The thing that i've not been "Poster Child of Kindness" is when I was called something mean by my sister, I got mad at her. I called her something mean back, when I should have forgiven her and just ignored it. Instead I called her a name and we didn’t talk for the rest of the night.
ReplyDeleteI can predict many things trying to tap into your reservoir of kindness. Some may be small things, but eventually they will add up to big things. I will try to be kind to everyone even if they weren’t kind to me. I will try to not disrespect anyone.
In the past few weeks I have had my moments where me and my parents don't agree on the same stuff. My mom and I have our disagreements nut we always work them out. I could have listen to my parents point of view when we had our disagreements and heard them out but instead I did not listen to them. my approach wasn't different because i just get used to them saying the opposite of what I want them to say.
ReplyDelete2. Still maintaining anonymity, what situation can you predict will happen in the next week that will call upon you to tap into your reservoir of kindness? i can predict something that could happen next week to make me tap into my reservoir Kindness. When that happens i will try tp practice the virtue of kindness.
1. In the past few weeks, I have not had the patience I need to have for my sister. When I yell at her or get mad, when I need to take a step back and realize she is only three and is going to be crazy. This is different from my other approach because, I wouldn't think before I spoke and just yelled at her.
ReplyDelete2. What will probably happen in the next week that I need to reservoir kindness is when my sister goes crazy, when she needs to calm down. What I will do to keep my cool, is walk way or stop before I speak. That is what I predict will happen in the next week.
There have been a few times where I haven't been the "poster child of kindness." One of those times is when I get fed up with my sister. She gets on my nerves easily and I call not so nice things. I could of just took deep breaths before I called her names. My approach wasn't different because she gets on my nerves and I tend to speak before I think when she gets me angry.
ReplyDeleteI can predict some situations that will tap into my reservoir of kindness. One situation is my basketball team is getting some new players. I will have to be nice to them because they are new and they are getting used to the team.
For not being the best child and not following kindness,I talked back to my parents. It wasn’t the best time and I got in trouble. I could’ve stopped and thought about making a better choice, but I didn’t.
ReplyDeleteIn the next few weeks I will be called to tap into the reservoir of kindness by doing service for others. By doing service I’m helping others and putting kindness out there for them. This will help me reflect on doing better in life and being thankful for what I have.