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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 365 :: a kind finale

31 Dec
{farewell 2017}

And here we are! The last day of 2017. The grand finale. The big hurrah… to a year of kindness.

There are so many words for kindness… I know because I looked them up:

And because I also just lived out an entire year pondering the power of kindness… Intentional acts of kindness to be exact. While I entered the year thinking I would be sprinkling kindness around the world in grand and amazing ways, what really happened was this — I found kindness in my own heart.

So much closer to home.

That always seems to be the way it goes with these promises. They open up areas inside of me I never knew existed. Never could have expected…and definitely didn’t plan on discovering. Even though they were there the entire time.

That’s the magic and the power of a purposeful promise. It’s always a game of setting an intention and then just showing up. Every single day. That’s all it takes. And then it will take you on the adventure of a lifetime (or at least a year!) full of twists and turns and surprise and delight until you end up sitting at your computer on the last day of the year realizing how perfect the entire year unfolded right before your very eyes.

Thank you, kindness. For letting me chase you this year, and then showing me you were right here all along, pulling at my heartstrings.

Thank you, kindness. For teaching me to look for you, starting inside myself and then spotting you inside the smiles, eyes, laughter, and love of others.

Most of all, thank you for teaching me to be more kind.

Tomorrow I announce a new promise for 2018… want to join me!?
Drumroll, please……

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{thank you, kindness}
#lovemore

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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 361 :: a kind year

27 Dec
{reflecting}

It’s beginning to look a lot like 2018… everywhere you go!

Before we get there, I’m beginning to reflect on 2017 – where the year has taken me, the path we have walked together … and how we got here.

What were your lessons from this year we call 2017?
I called it my Year of Kindness.  And it played out in ways I couldn’t imagine, as it always does with this promise work. I set a theme, I make a promise and I go into each year writing about it each and every day. Some days are way more exciting than others.

For instance, I never would have guessed a surprise pop-up wedding in the middle of Colorado would happen right in the middle of the year! Surprise. And, yet, it seemed so perfect — why didn’t I see it coming? I don’t know. (And how did we keep it a secret – long story!)  And yet, that is the magic of making these promises.

You never know what is going to happen. Until you try. And then, what transpires is always beyond my wildest dreams — and plans. They are even better than my own plans my own head could come up with — really.

And that is what makes this work so exciting. Sometimes you have to take the brain out of the equation and listen to your heart. And learning to do that is what one might call kindness.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{kindness of the heart}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 338 :: christmas kindness

4 Dec
{tell someone you love them}

Today I continue the month of Christmas Kindness!

And tonight my act of kindness was telling some special people in my life that I love them. I texted a few  – it is that easy to do!

Kindness doesn’t have to cost a cent. But words are powerful. There is magic in our words. And when we use the magic words, magical things happen.

Try it.
Tell someone you love them!

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{love you too}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 327 :: happy thanksgiving

23 Nov
{stuffing}

I’m feeling stuffed.
With love.
And that’s the best kind of thankful on the night of Thanksgiving. 

What a great way to kick off the holiday season. A season of light and love. Family and friends. Food and flavors. Moments and memories.

Is there a bigger call for kindness?
Happy Thanksgiving.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{stuffed}
#lovemore

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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 318 :: world kindness day

14 Nov
{random}

As I pack and ready for a plane ride home, I’m thinking of random acts of kindness. Have you done one lately?

So much kindness in the world. It’s good to share.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{random}
#lovemore

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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 312 :: one word

8 Nov
{kindness}

I have often said that words are medicine. I believe that words are indeed medicine. I know this from my own life, and the power that words have given me.

My friend Jenn sent me an email at the height of my divorce disaster. Inside it, she wrote,” I know you will get through this because you are made of steel and sunshine.” Those words were the exact medicine I needed at that exact time.

I still believe in the power of words.  One kind word can change someone’s day — or week — or life.

This Year of Kindness is teaching me to change my words. To use the words of kindness, belief, trust, and faith. The kinder my words, the kinder my life. The kinder my thoughts, the kinder my words. The kinder my beliefs, the kinder my thoughts.

It is a beautiful circle. A powerful medicine.

Don’t believe me?  Just try it on for a moment.
Change your words. I believe it will change your life.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{kind words}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 281 :: positively kind

8 Oct

Rise up.

If there’s one thing that being under the weather gives me, it’s this: perspective.
Which is why I picked this quote as I nursed my little head cold today.

We rise by lifting others.
We also rise by lifting ourselves too. Because what goes around comes around as trite as that sounds.

Kindness has a boomerang effect. And, as I am learning, sharing the power of kindness starts with taking care of ourselves.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{care}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 277 :: sprinkling kindness

4 Oct

Free Fun.

Who doesn’t love FREE? I love free fun. Even more than that, I love doing things that cost nothing but are priceless – usually, creating memories with friends or family.

Ironically, in this year of Kindness, the “Big K” is teaching me that FUN is kind.

Especially when we are kind to others.
Most especially when we are kind to ourselves.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{kind fun}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 276 :: keeping it together 

3 Oct

From The Kindness Diaries.

Oh, kindness. Thank you for teaching me so much this year, and tonight for teaching me this: Good friends make all the difference. 

Here’s to keeping the love, support, and laughter of friends together.
That’s kindness in my diary.

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{friends}
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JAMIE’S BLOG – YEAR 7 – KINDNESS  DAY 275 :: free falling 

2 Oct

Choosing Kindness.

There are days when I feel like I have all the answers. And then, there are days, like today, when I feel that I know nothing at all. In this year of intentional acts of kindness, I am reminded that sometimes we don’t have the answers or control.

But we always have a choice.

And there is a moment that occurs, in the middle of chaos, in the middle of a broken heart, in the middle of loss and losing where all we have left is a choice. Our choice.

Kindness has taught me this:
That choice is our responsibility — it’s how we react and respond. The more space we build between that moment of terror, and how we answer the call, is the place where we find peace in our hearts.

And kindness.

While our hearts reel and our minds cope with the reality of the world we live in today, I do know this, in the words that Tom Petty gave us: the waiting is the hardest part.  

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

#choosekindness

More tomorrow…

Lovemore,
Jamie

{keep kindness in your heart}
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