
24/06/2025
"๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ"
Two lovely things happened to me today. I was given these beautiful flowers. And a lovely stranger found the purse that I'd stupidly left in a shop (with all my cards and cash in it) and handed it in.
Yes - both of these acts of kindness made me feel great in the moment..but, more than that, they increase the likelihood that I will, in my turn, be thoughtful and kind to someone else. Because the more kindness we see, the more likely we are to be kind in our turn.
When you are kind to your dog - when you smile at them, talk to them gently, handle them respectfully, allow them choices, let them sniff, reward them or treat them as a friend, not an 'it' - other people see that. Including people who may treat their dog differently.
Our behaviour has power. Far more power than anything we can say. And every time we choose to treat others, of any species, with kindness we are putting a little bit more good out into the world. And god knows we need as much of that as we can get right now...
Kindness is a superpower. And it's one we all have, if we choose to use it. โฅ