If you want to feel better, focus on images or project an image of kindness, acceptance, forgiveness, compassion and appreciation.
In nearly all meditation traditions, the most important states to develop for good health or health improvement are those of kindness, acceptance and a letting be.
"He's modestly and quietly trying to make a difference in the world, with the simple thread of trying to help people get along, whether it's in Jerusalem or downtown New York," said Mary Gordon, the president of Roots of Empathy, a charity that tries to imbue children with kindness and acceptance of others.
She was an exceptional advocate for the power of all human voices and the importance of kindness and acceptance.
Essentially, Wonder exemplifies ableism in a strong and non-apologetic way, because, to have a book with a touted theme of kindness and acceptance put people with developmental disabilities at the bottom of the pool, both overtly and subversively, is heartbreaking.
And every day, our family experiences countless acts of kindness and acceptance: harried business travelers patiently wait as we move ever so slowly through the airport security check; tough South Side Chicago kids wave back when Vincent waves at them; students at our daughters' school react kindly to their classmates' unusual-looking uncle.
It's a small thing, but it's an act of kindness and acceptance that means the world to me".
I also want them to laugh, to get angry, to become curious, to appreciate the people in their lives, to realize the importance of kindness and acceptance.
The foundation will "explore the best ways to reach youth and create a new culture of kindness, bravery, acceptance and empowerment," according to a press release, working in concert with the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a number of other organizations.
But the sense of kindness, openness and acceptance was inspiring and comforting.
