What I love about your writing is that you’re so honest and open. You write in real-time, reflecting on what so many of us are experiencing. I feel so seen in your writing. And, you take it further. You offer us perspective that so many of us need, but sometimes can’t quite create that distance needed.
In that light, I love what you’re saying about how we add value and what’s enough? To your point, it’s the little moments of grace, compassion, time, thoughtfulness that can go such a long way. Thank you for that reminder.
And thank you for including my round up in your post! 🫶🏻
Thank you for the kind words. It is good to know that my often stream-of-consciousness writing (with a bit of editing) resonates for people. After years of being asked how I navigate difficultly, being transparent is just the way that I operate now.
And, while my brain still feels like mush, the current reality is really the only thing I can hold onto. 😂
Jillian, I appreciate what you wrote. The way you break impact down into the everyday, into what is possible, is something I live by too.
Walking that lost visitor through the hospital was an act of presence, of showing up for another person in a moment of stress. You did it because you could, not because it was grand or because it would change the world, but because it was what was in front of you. That is what matters.
I read your words and see a way of being that I recognize. Doing what is possible, where I am, with what I have. No grand gestures, no impossible expectations. Just action, real and grounded. I value that.
I love that example of helping out the lady who was lost. Too often people walk past someone in distress without offering help. It was a tiny bit of time investment on your part but would have made such a big difference in her day. Especially in the world of today we need more of this every day ❤️❤️
I just try to do what I can. My lovingkindness and gratitude practices have made it easier to have compassion for other people and also to better see how we are all connected and need each other.
Thanks for including my article, Jillian! I've been thinking a lot about this topic recently, and you sum it up so well. All we can do is impact the world around us the best way we can.
As my mother used to say, “the greatest gift you can give someone is to let them help you.” It took me a long time to understand this. In your story, the gift went both ways. These moments of grace are essential to maintain our humanity.
What a spot on offering you share this morning. The 'seemingly' small things that add up to kindness and generosity. This is not only what we can do, but need to do.
Exactly. I’m not sure how I would’ve made it through the acute period of my grief without an infusion of daily kindnesses from friends and acquaintances. These “little” things were huge for me, and I have heard that it’s the same for others.
I 'detest' the term that has shoved its way into day-to-day conversation - divisive. Changes happen in small increments, a show of compassion and care that requires little more than a walk to 'deliver' a person to where they need to be. What does it mean to do more than point. What is the benefit to chat, to for a moment connect with someone else?
Actions have results. Kindness and humanity beget more kindness and humanity. Or at least I must believe that.
What I love about your writing is that you’re so honest and open. You write in real-time, reflecting on what so many of us are experiencing. I feel so seen in your writing. And, you take it further. You offer us perspective that so many of us need, but sometimes can’t quite create that distance needed.
In that light, I love what you’re saying about how we add value and what’s enough? To your point, it’s the little moments of grace, compassion, time, thoughtfulness that can go such a long way. Thank you for that reminder.
And thank you for including my round up in your post! 🫶🏻
Thank you for the kind words. It is good to know that my often stream-of-consciousness writing (with a bit of editing) resonates for people. After years of being asked how I navigate difficultly, being transparent is just the way that I operate now.
And, while my brain still feels like mush, the current reality is really the only thing I can hold onto. 😂
Jillian, I appreciate what you wrote. The way you break impact down into the everyday, into what is possible, is something I live by too.
Walking that lost visitor through the hospital was an act of presence, of showing up for another person in a moment of stress. You did it because you could, not because it was grand or because it would change the world, but because it was what was in front of you. That is what matters.
I read your words and see a way of being that I recognize. Doing what is possible, where I am, with what I have. No grand gestures, no impossible expectations. Just action, real and grounded. I value that.
Absolutely. And also still the desire that I could snap my fingers and make things better on a grander scale.
I love that example of helping out the lady who was lost. Too often people walk past someone in distress without offering help. It was a tiny bit of time investment on your part but would have made such a big difference in her day. Especially in the world of today we need more of this every day ❤️❤️
I just try to do what I can. My lovingkindness and gratitude practices have made it easier to have compassion for other people and also to better see how we are all connected and need each other.
Thanks for including my article, Jillian! I've been thinking a lot about this topic recently, and you sum it up so well. All we can do is impact the world around us the best way we can.
As my mother used to say, “the greatest gift you can give someone is to let them help you.” It took me a long time to understand this. In your story, the gift went both ways. These moments of grace are essential to maintain our humanity.
So true!
What a spot on offering you share this morning. The 'seemingly' small things that add up to kindness and generosity. This is not only what we can do, but need to do.
Exactly. I’m not sure how I would’ve made it through the acute period of my grief without an infusion of daily kindnesses from friends and acquaintances. These “little” things were huge for me, and I have heard that it’s the same for others.
I 'detest' the term that has shoved its way into day-to-day conversation - divisive. Changes happen in small increments, a show of compassion and care that requires little more than a walk to 'deliver' a person to where they need to be. What does it mean to do more than point. What is the benefit to chat, to for a moment connect with someone else?
Actions have results. Kindness and humanity beget more kindness and humanity. Or at least I must believe that.