An act of kindness has the same effect as a ray of sunshine. It can unlock our inner-happiness and, in the same time, make the person we are kind to happy.
Being kind is a verb for every little act of kindness can make someone feel better. Right now, being kind to one another can be a powerful weapon to fight our common pandemic enemy. As we are in the fight of our lives, we need each other more than ever.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
COVID-19 has affected everyone of us in a way or another. Some of us are scared, anxious, and feel like we are hitting the ceiling. We can feel like we are losing control over our own life, our children, our family. Others have lost a significant other, a best friend, a mentor, or a family member to this vicious enemy. In this time of grief, anxiety, and chaos, we need to remember to continue living our life and not just surviving.
Our best tool to living and feeling happy during these difficult times is kindness. And there are so many different ways to be kind.
Different ways to exercise kindness
How about simply trying to put ourselves in someone’s else shoes! Maybe their circumstances are very different from our perception. Maybe they were already going through tough times post pandemic. This could explain why they always come so strong at us or why they might just seem out of control or even insolent. Being kind can just mean understanding that someone may be going through a really tough time, particularly under the current circumstances.
An act of kindness has a ripple effect and an everlasting impact.
An act of kindness can also be making time to reach out to people you know may feel lonely because of new social distancing measures. How about giving a call or zooming your old aunt who is living alone! And, who knows! She might surprise you with some interesting stories of her time that may end up brighten up your own day. While she will find a friend in a time of need you will feel happier by making her happy.
Indeed, an act of kindness has a ripple effect and an everlasting impact. An act of kindness can be as simple as smiling to a stranger who looks down. Being kind may simply mean complimenting a coworker on a job well-done. Kindness can also reach home when you make time for your children to let them know things will get better.
Creating a ripple with an act of kindness
If you have the time, how about helping in the fight against the virus. I am not even saying formally volunteering. Making sure the senior neighbour is healthy, volunteering to do their grocery, reaching out in any way you can will make a difference. Starting a blog, a forum, a group chat with your classmates to uplift one another’s spirit is also a good idea. It could be as well going out of your comfort zone to learn how to give back. As long as it can be done safely, do something to help out.
You can also comment on this blog by sharing with us how you are exercising kindness towards others during these times of need.
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Today, our life may seem uncertain and out of control. Suddenly, here we are, living in a new society where we need to learn almost everything. For all of us, adults and children it’s back to kindergarten with a plague for teacher. However, this no time for despair. On the contrary, it’s the perfect occasion to roll up our sleeves and fight. This is the time to look inward and start working towards feeling genuinely grateful.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ― G. K. Chesterton
We are living in very uncertain times as some of us are losing their jobs, their loved-ones, and their lives. It sometimes feels like everything is coming to an end. However, we should not forget that better days are ahead.
Yes, we have to adapt to a new and strange world. We have to learn life’s basic rules all over again. Whether it’s about how to safely dress before going out, proper hygiene, how to behave in the street or how far apart we should walk from one another, we have to rediscover how to live. And, we have to do so in order to protect and save lives, our own and others.
Steps to Work towards Feeling genuinely grateful
We cannot let this global plight destroy our way of life and eradicate our humanity. This is a time where every human being has a chance to be a superhero by fighting the right fight to help save the world. Let’s be grateful for this opportunity and do our part. In addition, gratitude is a fuel that can keep us running by boosting our happiness.
We should not wait until our life is hanging on a balance to realize how much we have to be grateful for. Living gratefulness everyday will boost our own happiness and make those who are always there for us happier. Let’s be grateful for our life, our family, our friends, and everything that make us happy. Let’s take the time to say thank you to those who help us everyday, those who always have our back, and all those whose work make our life easier, bearable, better, and happier.
While awaiting the day we can hug each other again, let’s just be grateful and happy for having each other, still.
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Being human is something very complex. No matter how old we are, we still find it hard to comprehend the mysteries of life. For instance, why we are here in this world and why sometimes certain things happen. Sometimes, our world gets up side down, literally, and we need to work towards finding true comfort. Today, more than ever, we need to reinvent ways to find solace.
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“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” ― Bill Watterson (Goodreads)
In the blink of an eye, the fate of the world has changed. It feels like waking up from a dream to only find yourself in a science fiction movie. Suddenly, here you are navigating a parallel universe called COVID-19.
In this strange universe, friends do not visit each other. Neighbours do not greet each other. Terms such as birthday parties, sleep overs, music concerts or sports game events do not exist in any encyclopedia.
Anxiety seems to be the widespread state of every person in this universe. It’s like a horror movie, and it’s thrilling and full of adrenaline. As an incomprehensible war is raging on, people are getting sick and are dying. And, your only wish is for this movie to be over. At some point, you start finding it too long. However, no remote control can put an end to it because this our new reality.
We are living in difficult times, but we do have something to be grateful for. Let’s hold on to that!
This is not a dream nor a movie. Therefore, as human beings we have to adapt to this new world of ours.
Working together towards finding true comfort
Better days are ahead!
In the meantime, we have to be patient. As we have to stay home and/or adopt new measures to protect one another, we have a chance to realize what really matters and everything we have to be grateful for. It may not be the same thing for everyone, but each and everyone of us has something or someone to be grateful for: family, friendship, love, a job, a roof over our head or simply being healthy.
We are living in difficult times, but we do have something to be grateful for. Let’s hold on to that!
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We often hear about the power of love. However, love usually sounds abstract for many people. The reason: many of us only think about one aspect of love, which is romantic love. I think true love is way more encompassing than mere romance although romance is important to sustain love in the long run. Here, I am referring to a higher level of love, a love that is almost holy. As such, it’s a love that you can feel only from a personal angel’s touch.
In a recent blog, I talk about amazing human beings whose love has changed lives of people in their surrounding. Based on my own experiences and observations, I have spread these people into three categories: Permanent Angels (PA), Temporary Angels (TA), and Would-be Angels (WA). I refer to them as angels because of the positive impact they usually have on us, particularly PAs and TAs.
Personal Angel’s Touch that We Are Blessed to Feel
Funny how sometimes one person can just come into our life and suddenly everything seems to get into perspective. We may not know the reasons or even how it may have happened. And yet, we feel a personal angel’s touch at the right moment, when we mostly needed help to tap into our inner-self and unlock our true capacity. This is what I call feeling a personal angel’s touch.
Under this angel’s influence, we grow into a better version of ourselves because they sometimes see in us potential that we don’t see in ourselves. Additionally, our angels can see past our makeup and see the good that is sleeping in our soul. Besides, they will tell you that ‘you got this’ even when you don’t think you can do it. Their faith in us is the little boost we need to unlock that hidden potential, and to guarantee our success.
A Personal Angel’s Touch Closer to Home
Angels can also be people who have been there for us all our lives, such as our parents, family members or significant others. This angel’s touch is like an unbreakable bond, a connection that still sustains us even in their absence. To repeat the song’s lyrics, “you raise me up to walk on stormy seas”. Angel’s words, kindness, understanding, and compassion resonate so deeply that we feel like we can take on the world, sometimes.
Personally, I have been blessed to have crossed the path of many angels. In various areas of my life, in my family, among friends and colleagues, I have had angels who have been/are there for me at every step. They are my backbone, my go-to people, my angels. I consider some of them, like my oldest sister, as PAs. I can see her wings. Her halo is a beacon that keeps guiding me along my quest to becoming a better human being.
I feel grateful and blessed for having known such love and such kindness. I hope one day to be able to pass this on to other people. In the meantime, I hope sharing stories of personal angel’s touch will help others realize the impact of the angels in their life and feel a little more blessed even in the face of adversity. It’s important to know that we are not alone.
6 Heart-warming Stories about Personal Angel’s Touch
Their testimonies are inspiring, uplifting, and will make you want to become a better person. These stories will also make you realize how blessed you are because you too have had or have an angel or two in your life. Think about your personal angel’s touch while you are reading their stories.
Jonas
Who, in
my life, has been an angel for me?
While I’ve been fortunate, in my life, to cross paths with many angels, one, in particular, comes to mind: I recently started at a new job, in a new department and didn’t know anyone. I was nervous about whether I’d like the new department, whether I’d do well, whether I’d fit in, whether I’d make new friends, etc. My new manager was running late and so another manager came and signed me in, welcomed me to the department, helped me get set up and introduced me to everyone in our division (or most of them at any rate).
Later, my manager arrives with his son and I see her crawling on the floor, playing peek-a-boo with the kid. She looked up at me and said: “Just so you know: I do this all the time. I’m just lucky there’s a kid here, today, so it’s not weird!” This made me laugh, put me at ease and made me feel comfortable and at home in my new department. It has also inspired me to be welcoming to others.
In which
category of angel would I place myself?
I guess
I’m a Temporary Angel. I can be quite introspective and am
very aware of my own imperfections, but I do try to learn from mistakes, learn
from others and constantly improve myself and try to be a better person every
day. For instance, inspired by people who were welcoming towards me, I
try to be welcoming towards others. I do try to act selflessly but I
realize that fear often holds me back from being as kind as I can be. For
example:
Fear of being a failure in life:
I have certain life goals that I have yet to achieve. Notably, having children and immigrating to somewhere warmer. I worry that I might never achieve them. This leads me to rush to use people rather than just appreciating their intrinsic value. For example, sometimes when I meet a pretty girl, I am so scared to miss an opportunity by being “friend-zoned” by the potential future mother of my children. So, I rush to flirt with her and establish a romantic relationship with her, before really getting to know her, rather than being happy with just being her friend. If unsuccessful, this leads to a painful rejection, of course.
But, even if successful, it has led to some bad relationships with women who may have made decent friends, but were a poor match for me, romantically. And when the relationship ends, we both lose each other’s friendship and support. Strangely enough, my struggle with obesity has taught me humility, in this regard. I assume that all women find me unattractive and I settle for being just friends, and have managed to cultivate many platonic friendships, recently. While I work on getting my weight back under control, I am learning to better value women for their intrinsic dignity and not for what I can get from them.
Fear of
being a “loser“: I am afraid of seeming unpopular which can hold me
back from showing people the love and respect that they deserve. For
example, I have friends with disabilities whom I have avoided inviting to
events. I fear that people whom I’m trying to impress may see me as a
“loser” because I have to settle for friends
that just aren’t cool. I am not proud of this.
Fear that my motivations aren’t as selfless as I’d like to believe:
Even if I am kind to someone, without expecting something in return from them, I ask myself if, maybe, I’m just doing it for virtue signalling, i.e. showing off how “good” I am to someone else who I am hoping to get something from.
Fear of rejection: For example, I might avoid
inviting someone somewhere out of fear that the person will reject me and not
want to be my friend, or anything else for that matter.
Fear that
my intentions might be misinterpreted: For example, I might avoid showing too much
kindness towards women, out of fear that my words and actions might be seen as
flirtatious. I suppose that wouldn’t be so bad if they responded
positively to that. But I fear the awkwardness and humiliation
of being rejected by a girl before even asking her out! I also worry that
showing genuine gratitude and appreciation to my supervisors might be seen as
“sucking up” and deteriorate my relationship with them, rather
than improve it.
Fear of moral disgust:
I have some strong moral values which are not shared by all and I can be quite judgmental of others who don’t share my values. Often, I fear expressing or standing up for my values, even though I think it would be better for humanity, if I did so, out of fear that people may lose respect for me, as they might have strong moral values that run contrary to mine. I often avoid getting too close to people who may hold radically different values as I fear that I may like them less. Even worse, I fear that I might find out that they have done something which I consider morally abhorrent.
I fear that I may never be able to look them in the eye again, forgive them (especially if they are not sorry!), or see the humanity in them and continue the friendship and peaceful dialogue. Even now, I realize that I’m being intentionally vague about this out of fear of losing the respect of the editor and readers of this blog…I believe a Permanent Angel would not be afraid of standing up for what is right, even if people may seem them as a devil, and, without condoning their behaviour, would love someone unconditionally, no matter what they think, say or do.
Fear of being seen as “holier than thou”: For example, I recently became a Christian, but I don’t want to lose my friends because they think that I am all “high and mighty” or that I think I’m better than them. So, sometimes, I overcompensate and engage in very vulgar talk, just to remind them that I am no “better” than them. I believe a Permanent Angel, whilst avoiding judging others’ imperfections, seeks to be pure of mind, thoughts and actions.
Yu (Jennifer)
In which category of angels would you place
yourself?
I think I am an angel of kindness, I am happy to help others, and considerate. However, my weakness is not being good at refusing the request of others, although sometimes I want to refuse, but it is difficult to say. I think real kindness is to be able to put yourself in others’ shoes, but also to have your own position. – Jennifer
Who in your life has/have been an angel for you?
My husband is my first angel, he is my love, my family, my best friend. He studies and works hard for our family and tries his best to give us the best life. Moreover, he is very careful and takes care of me; he can understand me and listen to me. We have a lot in common. My daughter is my second angel. She is very lovely, very clever, and bring joy to our family.
Marlon
In which category of angels would you place
yourself?
I consider myself as being a temporary Angel. I am here to love, support and protect my daughter while we are both alive.
Who in your life has/have been an angel for you?
The past has legated us a world in disarray and decay. The only representation of goodness or angelic in my life is my daughter. She is my angel.
David
I would classify myself, based on the 3 available archetypes, as a temporary angel.
Angels that comes to mind would be my parents and my girlfriend. They are always there for me in a time of need, but all three are also able to guide me, and help me see my mistakes. They are beneficial to my growth and continuous improvement as a human being. – David
Boubacar Ouedraogo (French with English translation)
1) Si je devais choisir quel type d’ange je suis, je me considérerais comme un TA (ange Temporaire).Je suis capable de faire des sacrifices pour des personnes à qui je tiens et ne rien demander en retour. Par contre, quand on apprécie vraiment quelqu’un on ne va pas toujours chercher à savoir ce qu’on a à gagner, mais plutôt si on peut se rendre utile, aider la personne en question et lui rendre service.
If I had to choose a type of angel, I would say I am a TA (Temporary Angel). I can make sacrifices for people I care about without asking anything in return. And yet, when we appreciate someone, we don’t always try to know what we can gain, but rather if we can be of service, if we can help that person.
2) Mes parents (ma mère et mon père) ont été des anges permanents (PA) pour moi. Ils se sont sacrifiés énormément, m’ont toujours soutenu dans mes activités, m’ont toujours encouragé et ont toujours été là aussi bien physiquement qu’émotionnellement. C’est grâce à eux que je suis là où je suis et je leur en serais éternellement reconnaissant.
My parents (my mother and my father) have been permanent angels (PA) for me. They made enormous sacrifices for me, have always supported me in my endeavours, always encouraged me and always been there for me both physically and emotionally. Thanks to them, I am where I am today, and I will forever be grateful to them.
John Nam
If I had to choose, I would consider myself as a WA. I am far from being good, but I am trying my best to love and help others.
I assume most people will think of their mom for this question. And, I also consider my mom as the most angelic figure to me and I would categorize her as TA. She has always been by my side and she sacrificed everything to raise me and my brother. Without her love and sacrifice, I would not be able to be here.
What about you? What type of angels do you think you are? Who has/have been/are angels in your life? Let your heart talk and share your story in regards to a personal angel’s touch.
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It’s 2020! A New Year, a new decade is upon us! As we are celebrating this new happening, our mind prompts us to take a fresh look at our relationship with others and ourselves. It’s a reminder to retrace our path, to dig into our goals. It’s a chance to set a renewed path tobecome better humans, and positively impact our surroundings.
How to become better humans by reclaiming our inner-thoughts
Some of our VoiceOasis Thinkers discussing how to redefine good
We live in a binary world where twofold concepts, such as good and bad, evil and angel, or love and hate seem to be the recipe to explain all life’s happenings. Such accepted beliefs become normal attitude when describing our connection with the world . That is to say concepts of being good or doing good are elusive and not easy to grasp. Such excessive influence of external voices is unconsciously reshaping our inner-self and undermining our quest to better ourselves.
This sense of loss echoes in Karen‘s words:
“Whether or not every human being on earth has the ability to do good—I do not know about that. But what I do know and what I believe in is that every human being is not born bad. How can an innocent newborn baby desire destruction, or anything at all?”
How can we shine our inner light on our surroundings and become better humans in such confined spaces?
Time to reclaim our rightfully owned inner-thoughts. We need to redefine ourselves in connection with our loved-ones and our environment, in both time and space because awareness equips us with the right tools to foster real changes.
Thankfully, there is a silver lining as to how to becoming better humans
“Becoming good is not impossible, it just requires being surrounded by good people,” indicates Boubacar, a millennial from Ottawa. Ali, another Ottawan millennial also believes that it is important to “figure out who you want to be, and just keep trying to be that person. And it’s okay if you mess up along the way, as long as you keep trying.”
The same positivism resonates in Grace’s words.
“I think every human being has the ability to be good and/or bad. Everything is shaped by the influences the individual surrounded himself throughout her/his life. ” – Grace, another millennial from Ottawa
Life on Earth is also bounded by something called time. In our lifetime, everything we do depends on the right timing. How many missed opportunities have we encountered just because of the wrong timing?
Good news! The New Year is the right timing to review our path.
“We are living in interesting times when it comes to defining “good”. Perhaps because there’s a big and fast increase in population, we are witnessing major changes in the environment and in technology. And power, now more than ever, belongs to very few people and organizations. Good can be seen as the achievement of a desired result,” argues Eddie.
How much good have we done? How do we feel about ourselves, and most importantly, how are we going to ensure we keep improving ourselves?
As a result, VoiceOasis wants to promote a message of love, of true human connections, and freedom of thought. We invited a group of 15 people to join their voices in redefining concepts of ‘being good’ and opening the discussion on how to become better humans.
Through their own words, these thinkers provide eye-opening and insightful ways to approach these crucial life questions:
Do you think every human being has the ability to be good? If yes, how do you define good?
What do you think one can do to become a better human being?
Should our desire to improve ourselves be a new year’s resolution or an everyday goal?
Do you think every human being has the ability to be good? If yes, how do you define good?
Most of our thinkers genuinely believe that being good is intrinsic to human beings. This thought resonates exactly with Wasil‘s words: “Yes, I do believe every human has the ability to be good,” as opposed to John who believes that “Human beings have zero capability to be good.”
For Ruth Tania, it’s also a definite YES. “I think human being has the ability to be good. Since they are conscious of every actions they make. And if you decide to hurt others or do something bad, deep down you know what you did wasn’t right.”
The same goes for Naya, but with a slight nuance as she does believe “that every human being has the ability to be good if they want to“.
Right off the bat, Ali also confirms his belief that being good is part of the human nature. ” Yes, every human being has the ability to be good. However, for some it may be easy and feel natural, whereas for others it may be hard and uncomfortable.”
Becoming better humans is a nurtured process
Many participants conveyed in their responses that being good is a process that we develop throughout our lifetime. Similarly, your background plays an important role in your ability to be good given to your ‘upbringing’ and ‘intrinsic personality’ as pointed out by both Ali and Boubacar.
“No one is 100% pure and good. Everyone will be selfish, nasty, or otherwise unpleasant to others at some point in their life. And that’s not something to be ashamed of. It’s part of being human. It’s part of maturing and self improvement. It only becomes a problem when a person loses the ability to be good.” – Ali
Boubacar mentioned that education, cultural aspect, and personal upbringing define someone’s ‘ability to become good’. “We are not born good, we become good by the good deeds that we do on a daily basis.”
The notion of evilness is also highlighted in participant’s responses. However, it is not painted in a binary way.
Hassan sets the tone with an unambiguous statement, “No one is born evil or bigoted.” and ” Each person has the ability to fight this cancer by seeking knowledge and facing fears.” He added:
“These traits are nurtured. They need a breeding ground of hate and fear of the unknown, false assumptions and a systematic rejection of self-evaluation. Since these traits are nurtured, then human beings are innately good. Even those who have been described as evil or bad can demonstrate good traits which prove goodness is inherent and that evil is a cancerous intruder that invades the human heart.” – Hassan
In the same vein, Jackie a millennial from Chicago agrees that ‘No human is really born evil.’
“We’re all born innocent and as we grow we learn the difference between good and bad and right and wrong. It’s a choice to define yourself as a good person or a bad person, but I believe we can all be good.” says Jackie.
Life’s path has an impact on someone’s ability to be good
The impact of life’s hardship are present in two participants’ talk.
“While I believe that human are not good all time due to influences like the hardship that we endure, the ability to be good is within all of us. The act of being good involves being kind to every souls–humans and non-humans, sympathizing, doing selfless acts, and caring for others.” – Magdalande
This thought is also found in JJ‘s reasoning:
“Everyone was good once in their life, then life really hits them. So, I would say it depends on their way of living. Anybody can be good, but staying good is another question,” argues JJ.
What do you think one can do to become a better human being?
Becoming a better human being involves self-improvement
It’s about being ‘your best self everyday’, trying ‘to be kind to others’ and treating ‘everyone like you’d want to be treated’ says Jackie. To Magdalande, becoming a better human is about ‘reflecting on whether their actions made a good impact or bad impact, and thinking of ways they could help others especially those in need.’
For Jennifer, it means having “self-discipline, such as regular exercise, healthy diet; using dialectical thinking to see the positive side of anything; regulating your behavior and being considerate of others.” – Yu (Jennifer)
Self-improvement is the willingness to go the extra mile by ‘doing what’s right’ and “act in a way to be able to live with everyone”, affirms Ruth Tania.
To Diana, it is also about working ‘on oneself’. “Never quit the process of learning, wondering, and fixing the vicious habits. “Better” comes along with improvement.”
Bettering yourself calls for consistency
“There’s no specific way for someone to be a better human being, but if they keep trying to always make the right choice even when it’s not easy I call it being good”, says Naya
JJ also reasons that consistency is key. She says: “To become a better person, quitting is not an option”.
Others believe that faith is the solution to become better humans
On this note, Wasil believes ‘that we are the better version of ourselves when we act in good faith’. And, John argues that we can ‘only’ improve ourselves ‘through believing in Jesus’.
Bettering ourselves is inherently connected to our sense of community
Boubacar says that one can reach such goal “by being surrounded by good people because humans live in society and society (the environment) plays on our behaviour.” Ali also points out that you should “Treat others as you you’d want to be treated”. Furthermore, ‘humility and empathy’ are key.
On the same note, Eddie explains:
“It’s not only what we can do, but it must be an obligation for humans to understand and search to understand the system we living in. Humans who wants to see multiple communities living in harmony MUST be aware of the system that was normalized to us by the people from the 20th century and before, and reject it from their lives. This is so we can finally understand what being a human really is in its nature.” – Eddie.
Karen affirms that ‘people are capable of change’, and ‘the past has the information to theorize a future’, but cannot define it.’
“A genuine change of heart with strength that lasts more than a day or two is powerful enough to change the direction of a person’s “theorized” future; the kind of future that data, an non-living entity that I value so much as a Software Developer, can predict.” – Karen
Should our desire to improve ourselves be a new year’s resolution or an everyday goal?
An anonymous response: Improving ourselves should be an everyday goal
In response to the appropriate time to improve ourselves, all our 15 thinkers agree that ‘it should be an every day goal’. It can be something as simple as “trying to minimize your carbon footprint or simply smiling and being kind to everyone you meet during the day”, declares Grace. As JJ points out, “you should live for the moment and not the future”. How do you reach such important goal? By starting ‘small’ and working ‘your way up’, to paraphrase Ali.
This endeavour should also affect positively ‘the people around you’. And, “it should be a goal for a person before every decision is made”, says Karen. Ultimately, “people should not wait until a new year to set up goals for themselves”, explains Magdalande. In the end , we need to “set goals for ourselves every year, and achieve them day by day”, adds Jennifer.
New Year’s resolutions: elusive concepts?
Some participants do not believe New Year’s resolutions are useful. “I don’t let these type of “western” concepts regulate my daily vision of reality. What is a new year’s resolution in reality?”, argues Eddie.
“At this point in time, one must constantly seek the truth from history and understand the system where we are living so we can be part of a collectiveness and have one common goal: to stop “the few that have the power” from controlling our lives, from brainwashing and dividing the masses and destroying our planet,” says Eddie.
New Year’s resolutions bear reminders and a sense of a new beginning
However, some opinions carry an open door to the importance of New Year resolutions. In that respect, Diana considers a New Year’s resolution as a necessary ‘reboot’ and a ‘sense of a new beginning’.
“The ‘New Year’s Resolution’ is the perfect ‘excuse’ to reconsider why, what and who is important and what should be left behind. The desire to improve ourselves should be an everyday goal, but we also need the sense of a new beginning. It “should be a restart on the desire to become better on a daily pace”, adds Diana.
To Jackie a New Year’s resolution, “is just a reminder to get us back on track from a busy and possibly not so good year”.
A Last Note on New Year’s Resolutions
“Whatever it is, everyday you should try to exceed from the previous day. Now it’s not always easy and that’s why new year’s resolution are there to remind you that you can have a new beginning and decide to change things.” Grace
Going Forward
To sum up, the effort to become better humans and improve our surroundings is an ongoing quest as pointed out by most participants. However, defining good and applying such good in one’s life is not easy. This is the aim of this whole brainstorming exercise. I am grateful to witness such important gathering of thoughts on the beginning of the year. Together, we can continue opening our inner-thoughts and our hearts to become, each and everyone of us, an agent of change for our surroundings.
Happy New Year to All! May 2020 be a voiceful year filled with blessings.
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