Great Moments in Kindness - Day 3

Moments of Kindness from History
 
 
1947 Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who believes that "the basis of all good human behavior is kindness" is elected as head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and begins what will become her most powerful legacy-drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, based on the principle that the "lack of standards for human rights the world over is one of the greatest causes of friction among the nations."
 
“No matter how plain a woman may be,
 if truth and honesty are written across her face,
 she will be beautiful.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
Moments of Kindness- Observed Today
 
I am reading a book called "7" by Jen Hatmaker. She is a woman that has discovered the joy of looking outside herself and knowing that each of her actions affects another. The book is written from her experience of taking 7 months and redefining the necessities in her life and taking action. It is written with humor and heart.
 
She shows genuine kindness through her experience of one true story. One Easter Day, she found herself leaving her brand new cowboy boots behind in an act of giving her best, not her cast offs.
 
She found through this act of kindness, that she could think of others above herself and gain great inner joy in the kindness.
 
I may not personally do all she did, but it has gotten me thinking of where my "7" necessities might be and how I can adjust them in my life to live  a kinder more gentler life among others.
 
 
 


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