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Celebrating Kindness
As our country’s independence is celebrated through parades and backyard barbeques, I’m taking a moment to reflect on what I love the most about our country. I’m looking beyond our deep ideological divides to the people, because, the soul of a nation is comprised of the people who live there.
To this day, our country is a melting pot, a blessed blend of nationalities, cultures, and religions. The term ‘melting pot’ was derived from E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One,) the phrase that became the official seal of our new nation.
These days, if you focus exclusively on the news, we appear to be a country divided. Headlines are of political animosity, domestic crises, and international tensions. But if you look beyond the television to your neighbors, your schools, and your community, you’ll find a growing trend of kindness and compassion.
As I celebrate our nation’s independence, I’m also celebrating our shared humanity. This afternoon as I spend time with family and friends and this evening as I celebrate in my community, I’m spreading love and kindness. It doesn’t matter whether the people around me believe what I believe; I’m celebrating our freedom to have differences and our ability to love each other regardless.
I invite you to join me in choosing kindness over that which divides us. There’s the potential for kindness in each and every encounter—a smile, a kind word, a kind deed. Your single act of kindness could make all the difference.
Kindness matters.
Kindness spreads.
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees—” Amelia Earhart
Today, and every day, let’s celebrate kindness!
To this day, our country is a melting pot, a blessed blend of nationalities, cultures, and religions. The term ‘melting pot’ was derived from E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One,) the phrase that became the official seal of our new nation.
These days, if you focus exclusively on the news, we appear to be a country divided. Headlines are of political animosity, domestic crises, and international tensions. But if you look beyond the television to your neighbors, your schools, and your community, you’ll find a growing trend of kindness and compassion.
As I celebrate our nation’s independence, I’m also celebrating our shared humanity. This afternoon as I spend time with family and friends and this evening as I celebrate in my community, I’m spreading love and kindness. It doesn’t matter whether the people around me believe what I believe; I’m celebrating our freedom to have differences and our ability to love each other regardless.
I invite you to join me in choosing kindness over that which divides us. There’s the potential for kindness in each and every encounter—a smile, a kind word, a kind deed. Your single act of kindness could make all the difference.
Kindness matters.
Kindness spreads.
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees—” Amelia Earhart
Today, and every day, let’s celebrate kindness!
