Sometimes, only ever once in a while, I truly believe the universe is against me and fills my week with unfortunate events. Indeed, I have a story that inspired me to write about and reflect on this week’s message. Though, instead of telling the story, I’m going straight into the message. I believe this is an important one and something we all need a little reminder of. 

As Hannah Montana sings, “Nobody is Perfect.” We all make mistakes, have slip-ups, hick-ups, and much much more. Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings and can are inconsiderate. Sometimes we can be described with other words *bad words*, too. Let’s back up to hurting people’s feelings. Even when we try our best, someway somehow somewhere along the path of life we have hurt someone close to us. Usually, we do accidentally, but sometimes maybe even purposefully (try not to fall into the hands of the devil). When these unfortunate events take place, our concern always falls on who is affected and how they handle it. 

 Here’s today’s message through kindness. The way in which we handle this harmful or hurtful thing. Possibly one of the hardest life skills we may ever learn and will always, ALWAYS be working on is being the bigger person. 

Life and the people we love can throw some of the nastiest curve balls at us. And ultimately, despite how terrible that curveball may be, it all depends on how we react. (Do we decided to hit the curveball or catch the curveball?). With the greater idea of how we then, in turn, decide to treat others back. 

When these bad things happen, we have the choice to either treat that person in a similar way or to “kill them with kindness.” 

From a very young age, I have always been told to be the bigger person, or at least to try to be. (Now, as a child, I was abnormally shorter than everyone else, so at first, this was quite the concept.) The core of this, to be the bigger person, is forgiveness, one of the greatest attributes any one person can possess. Forgiveness is filled with kindness, the kindness to be able to forgive oneself, and to forgive others. 

In the worst of moments, try always to remember this. Some may say that the truth will set you free; I say that forgiveness sets you free. The next time something crappy happens to you, choose the kind route, choose forgiveness, choose to be set free. 

Choose Kindness. 

With love, 

Nina