Kindness

For your consideration…

Yesterday while I was taking my walk I listened to a podcast by Colette Baron-Reid. She was interviewing Dr. David Hamilton. He wrote the book, Why Woo Woo Works. In his book He left the Pharma industry to educate people how to harness their minds and emotions to optimize their health. He has done extensive study of the placebo effect.

We often have messages of having the body, mind, and spirit in sync to help us manifest what we want and need. Studies of the placebo effect have shown that we can harness our minds and emotions to help us. Just as our bodies have a chemical reaction to a near miss acident, our breath and focus on calm can release that energy. Some of his studies have shown that if we can control our minds we can produce morphine targeted to the place of pain.

Obviously this is just a bit of his book and his podcast. Today our message focuses on the part of his message on kindness. He reminds us that kindness is an experience. Practicing kindness on a consistant basis physcially changes the brain. It expands the muscle. Over time as we use and grow this muscle, it becomes more dominent. It takes up more brain space. It becomes the first go to” reaction. We start to view everything through the lens of kindness. We become more calm and relaxed. And this experience we live we project and share with the world.

I listened to this podcast yesterday, yet, it came up today as our message. It showed up randomly as I was listening to meditation music on this mornings walk. I had my dog, Louie, with me. Louie is always excited to great other people and animals. This is one dog that is always rude to him. But that does not stop Louie from looking for him or greating him with excitement. I thought to myself, “Louie, you are too nice for this dog. Ignare him.” To which my Guidance promptly jumped in with kindness. It reminded me about the part of yesterday’s podcast on kindness. This was a good example for me because I have to admit that over time this dog has gotten better. Louie’s kindness is whereing his grumpiness down.

Today we are asked to cultivate kindness. Look at everything through the lens of kindness first. We are promised that we will have a calmer and happier life.

That is teh HOPE. And so it is.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, HOPE by HOPE action steps anyone can take…

-Affirm…“I am loved.”

-Meditate/pray…ask…”What is my next step for my highest good and the highest good of all?”

-Drink lots of water.

-Get outdoors and take in at least 10 deep breaths.

-Practice kindness.

What made me smile yesterday…

-Lots of sunshine.

-A good walk.

-A good book.

-Crafting.

-My daughter, Shannon, always get the same shopper at Meijers for her delivery. This always shocks me because she lives out in the country. I never get the same one. She loves this shopper and the shopper loves her. Yesterday when her shopper showed up, Shannon could see she had been crying. She explained to Shannon that she had been in bed when Shannon’s order showed up but she wanted to take it. She thinks the drive out through the country is pretty. She went on to explain that she lost two friends last week to cancer. On her drive out 5 different cardinals crossed her path….boldly…so she could not miss them. She knew they were sent by her friends to comfort her and reassure her that they were good, happy, and still present in her life. She immediately called her husband. The tears Shannon was seeing were from relief, love, and joy.

Love, Blessings, and Gratitude,

Rev. Chris