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The Power of "Being Nice."
Nice. It's a four letter word...BUT a NICE one. It's also becoming an obsolete concept in our fast-paced world, for so many people. Def: kind or friendly: a nice gesture of help; pleasant or commendable: a nice day. It's the simplest thing to do, but when we are inwardly focused on ourselves and our problems, it can seem like the hardest thing to do.
Being "Nice" is something you must do daily! Consider it part of your RDA (Required Daily Allowance). The nicer you are to the people in your life that cross your path, the nicer the world will respond to you in turn. The world doesn't "owe" us anything for just showing up everyday. It will be here come rain or shine, long after we are gone. We rise and rest everyday to do it again by the "God Grace" of Spirit. So quite naturally, we should be giving thanks.
There is no better way to show gratitude than by giving something of yourself to someone else. Experience the freedom of voluntary kindness, the voluntary outpouring of your essence, just because you can! When you are feeling so drained from the demands in your life, there is absolute POWER in BEING NICE! How so? Because you DON'T HAVE TO! Surely we have all seen countless examples of people who choose not to be and the havoc of those choices - ACCIDENTS, VIOLENCE, CHAOS! It is a choice. It is an exchange of energy that you decide to give because you can. When you are powerless...you don't have a choice. But choosing to let a car get in front of you, choosing to let someone with few groceries jump ahead, choosing to ignore ignorance, choosing to defend those who are helpless, choosing to hold a door open for someone vs. closing it...they are all very simple choices that we have the power to exercise.
Choosing to BE NICE is powerful because you are choosing the POWER to LOVE IN ACTION! Instead of ACCIDENTS, you're choosing HARMONY. Instead of VIOLENCE, you're choosing PEACE. Instead of CHAOS, you're choosing PEACE. Choose the Power of BEING NICE. It's contagious too!
Namaste'!
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