How To Be Kind

In our busy lives, we can find ourselves endlessly juggling demands on our time and energy; lots of to do's, duties and responsibilities to attend to. In these difficult times, we are living through where everything is speeded up and time seems so short it can all feel rather overwhelming. Kindness isn’t another thing to achieve, or some impossible ideal of awakened serenity that we ought to be attaining. Kindness is a loving presence that is waiting to be invited into our lives, to calm and soothe, to bring comfort and solace, to remind you that you are loved and that love seeks you. Kindness isn’t unusual, special, or remarkable. It does not ask anything of us other than to live open to its warmth, security, and aliveness in all of the ordinary moments of our ordinary lives – especially the difficult ones, that is where kindness seeks us most. This course will help you to make kindness a way of life and invite its presence into your life and the lives of those around you. During the sessions, we will look at kindness from different perspectives, how we can engage with it in different parts of our lives, who we can be kind to, and why it matters. Each session consists of a reflection on a particular theme and then a Peacebeam meditation. There is room for journaling if you would like to bring your notebook but equally, you can use those periods for quiet reflection. You might want to listen to the sessions at the end of the day, perhaps just before bed when you have a little time to yourself, so that the gentle presence of kindness can be with you while you sleep.