For reasons that elude me, society seems to share judgmental thoughts far more freely than kind and loving thoughts. In 2019, as the world seemed to be in a negativity spiral, I began craving kindness. I hoped it might be a way to deflect the things that were depleting me and to invite in more of what replenished me.
I decided to conduct an experiment, challenging myself to write a handwritten, unexpected letter of appreciation to a different person every day for one year. I wanted to see if I could feel more connected and joyful if I adopted an intentional kindness practice. As a legacy of love to my father, I called my journey A Few Kind Words—and those 365 letters transformed my life in the most beautiful and meaningful ways.
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