The power of kindness is the subject of my new favorite show called The Kindness Diaries where an English white man travels from Alaska to Argentina powered only by the kindness of strangers. The encounters he has are what this documentary shares with the rest of us. He has a car with a tank full of gas to start but no food or water. He speaks to anyone who will listen to him and let’s them know of his journey and his mission to have a place to sleep for the night. I see him follow his intuition. I am inspired by the shear number of people who are willing to help a stranger and then to learn how they actively are helping in their own communities. (In case you want to check it out, see more info here.) I love that this is the topic I am watching on TV!!
I have to admit, I am brought to tears to see a grown man demonstrating authentic vulnerability, openness to receiving support and cultivating kindness as a mission in life! I wonder what it would be like if the person traveling was a female instead of a male. I ask myself how this activism of vulnerability in the quest of connecting with kind strangers would be for me? How might a woman be perceived? How many women already operate from this place and are undetected?
I’d love to share ideas of what kindness as activism might look like for us? What experiences have you had in being of service to your community and what is your motivation? What kind of kindness is needed in our community? What do you think might add value that perhaps is just an idea at this point? Let’s stir the caldron and see what we might brew up??!!
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