My mum used to say to me “Good manners cost nothing” and the same applies to kind words.
Kind words unlock even the most steely of hearts. Kind words convey caring. Even a person whose heart has been hurt will respond to the compassion found in kind words.
Every kind word spoken is a gift to the receiver but also to you the speaker.
Today look for opportunities to express kind words that are sincere, thoughtful and warm.
Challenges in our Lives
Living life is not always easy. Many of us have challenges in our lives which we are trying to overcome. There is often a life lesson to be learnt in the challenges we are presented with, if we can but see it. This does not make the challenge any easier, but sometimes in knowing the lesson, we feel less of the victim.
When we understand the lesson to be learnt, we do not feel so much of a victim. Then we approach the challenge in a different way. This often makes learning the lesson easier.
In our busy 21st century lives, there is a trend towards families eating their meals from trays watching TV rather than sitting to a table and facing each other. Likewise teenagers, if allowed, will take their food and eat in their bedrooms. Eating a meal at a table together as a family strengthens the family bond. Over the meal conversation will flow backwards and forwards between parents, between parents and children. By sharing their day’s news, family members are more involved with each others lives. This gives opportunities to support one another and for parents to guide a child. Listening to the conversation between parents is another opportunity for children to learn how to behave with another person and to love and support that person. The simple act of eating a meal together provides many opportunities to learn for all involved.
Great article by Richard Barrett on how humans go through various stages of flourishing their soul.
Richard Barrett FRSA. Richard is an author, speaker and internationally recognised thought leader on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the founder and chairman of the Barrett Values Centre. He is also a Fellow of the World Business Academy, Member of the Council of the Centre for Integral Wisdom, Honorary Board Member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank.
In an earlier post we spoke of anger being an energy which some people can feel. As we develop and increase our conscious awareness, people start to see emotions as colours.
Emotional energy can also express an intention. The intention can relate to a person, group of people such as a class, a nation or even a planet.
For those with sufficient conscious awareness, the intention can be felt or seen as a colour. To develop this level of awareness, you repeatedly practice feeling and understanding this energy initially on an individual person. When this skill has been achieved, it is possible to develop the ability to interpret intentions emanating from a group.
“Every one of us needs to become more spiritual”
Vladimir Jurowski, Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
An inspirational and impassioned Russian conductor, Vladimir Jurowski’s latest concert series “Belief and Beyond Belief” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra delivers brilliant music which touches the audiences’ emotions. In a recent interview with Ian Hewett, Jurowski said he believes;
“Music is so intangible; it is nothing but vibrations. It points to a realm of extience outside the body, yet it affects our emotions so powerfully. Nothing brings people together in collective meditation or prayer so well”
Changing Face of Leadership
Our world is changing as witnessed by the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. and Italy’s decision not to accept the proposal for reform to governance leading to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation.
Mark Carney speaking in Liverpool’s John Moore University warned that people will reject free and open markets unless something is done to help those left behind by the financial crisis and globalisation.
“Globalisation is associated with low wages, insecure employment, stateless corporations and striking inequalities.”