Act of Kindness

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Some days ago, I was reading some articles when @Bjorn article inspired me and I have been wanting to write on it before now but I guess this would be a good day to write on it.

The quote by Cesar Chavez is not far from the old Bible saying, “If someone throws a stone at you, throw a piece of bread.”

Write-up taken from here

LET'S LOOK AT A STONE AND BREAD AS AN EXAMPLE HERE

Have you ever thrown a stone at a person before? How does the person feel? Okay, can you do me a favor? Pick a small stone and hit your forehead or any part of your body. How do you feel? Just imagine hitting yourself with a small stone, you feel so hurt and it pained right? Now take a big stone and hit someone with it? You know the pain the person would be in right?

Now, we have seen how strong a stone is. Stone is hard. Stone hurts. It injures and so on.

What about Bread? Have you eaten a fresh bread before? How does it look? Soft isn't it? When you squeeze a bread, you will see its softness and not hard at all.

"If someone throws a stone at you, throw a piece of bread"

Stone means hatred, Bread means love

It is hard when someone hates you and it is soft when you choose to love such a person. In life, we would always see those who hate us, even if we do not see them, not everyone will choose to love you. Some are actually planning to hurt you and set a trap for you. The best revenge you could ever do is to be like a bread which connotes love and peace. Choose to let peace reign by loving those who hates you. Jesus said "love your enemies and be good to them"

Yes, it is so hard to know who your enemies are and you choose to love them for what they have done to you. Believe me, that is the greatest revenge ever.

Bread is like forgiveness

Just because someone is keeping grudges against you doesn't mean you should retaliate too. That is not a good way at all. Learn to forgive others because that is the only way God can forgive you too. Just imagine your grievous sin against God and He still chose to accept and forgive you back, how much more is forgiving your fellow human being. We shouldn't act the same way they are doing to us, because if it turns that way, everywhere would be chaos and no unity and peace.

Smile at them and let your mind be free completely. This is when you will realize that peace lives within you.

Show kindness and do not try to revenge because you may also be hurting yourself in that process.

Being kind to someone is like doing yourself a huge favor because one day, the good you have done will always return back to you in folds. You don't have to bring out the bad side of you just because you wanted to prove who you are. Be calm and wise in dealing with people because some would only want to test your patience and when you have given in to them, they blame you for everything. Be kind and generous to people around you. Extend your helping hand to the one who needs help and do not pay evil with evil. No, don't do that.

I believe we would keep practicing this act even as we have started a new month. God will definitely reward us for such act because that is what He has always wanted us to do.

Thank you for reading

|November 01st, 2021|

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How beautifully you symbolized Stone with hatred, and bread with love, I hope everyone could understand this, that the good we are doing will come back to us soon. So always be lenient with others. I have read the story you started in beautiful way, of next door neighbour and how amazingly George dee has ended it. Well done.

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Yea, thank you so much Farah. I really appreciate your comments always.

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3 years ago

Kindness is best policy. If you wanna earn on society so stay kind and humble you would shine. Well done 👍

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Thank you so much Aasii

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Most welcome ☺️

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Just like sermon we hear in a religious house, we are always admonished to forgive and let go whatsoever the issue is, but hard to let go most times. Even if we concur and agree to the sermon terms at that spot, putting into practice is always tough especially when you were hurt to the bone. I just hope your message rings a reminder to us, to totally forgive and let. There's one I claimed to have forgiven but anytime I heard the name...🤣🤣😪 May God help His children

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😅😅😅😅 you don't need to keep remembering what they did to you when you hear their names, it means you haven't forgiven them totally and that could keep you worrying and thinking always which will definitely affect you also. It's hard, I know but we just need to..

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Hates can take you nowhere but instead will tannish your personality. God did not teach us to hate our neighbors, but we must love them to receive his support and blessings. People might hate you and say all kinds of words tk you, but make sure to love them in return instead of giving them what they have to you.

Take your enemies as your friends. Love people and render help to people when you have the capacity.

Happy New month to you...

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I appreciate your feedback Abigail. Thank you for stopping by

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Perfect!! very well said.

As you have said we will also hurt ourselves if we hurt someone else and the worst is that, it will go back to us seven fold.

Revenge in a sense has a negative connotation but if we can always make revenge with love and kindness, just like throwing (not literally) them with bread (kindness), I guess that is how peace is served.

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Thank you for your comment and I am glad to be inspired by you also. Peace should be our watchword always.

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Let's get back to the scriptures when Jesus said "And a man's foes shall be they of his household."

In most cases our enemies are those who know us to some extent. It's rare for a stranger to hate you at first sight except he/she envied some virtues in you.

Well, regardless of who betrays us, I believe we still need to spread the love.

If I'm to say one significant thing that happened to me this year, I'll say it's the year I had betrayals from my closest friends. Even inner circles to be precise.

But I've found a way to move on. I still love them but we don't do deep things like before.

I think that's a remedy to the ones we love but they stoned us with bricks.

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Great! That is what I wanna hear. Even if we still move on and love, the interaction wouldn't be deep anymore. Thank you so much

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I don't really love bread that much, can you throw me plantain instead? Hahahaha.

Jokes apart, that's true. The Bible told us we should turn the right cheeks when the other one is slapped. The bottom line is that we shouldn't always react the way others treat us especially when they treat us in a bad way. We are to show examples by showing them the right way to live.

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Hahahaha Come to think of it, plantain is also soft na 😅😅

Thanks for your input sir

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😂😂🤣. Anytime dear.

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3 years ago

Passing you some Scottish bread, may we all have a wonderful November

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Hehehehe Thank you Tengolotodo Amen.

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We should always try to be a good example to people. Patient is vital and we should have the mind of giving

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That is it EstilRoyce. Thank you for stopping by

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You're highly welcome

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3 years ago

I believe in kindness. But I also believe there are limits to everything. Know when to stop, so people don't walk over you. Happy New month 😁

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Because if you don't stop, they'll play on your intelligence, take you for granted but that means you should hate them. It only mean that you help them if and if only it is convenient for you. This should be done if they've proven to you that they don't worth your sacrifice for them.

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3 years ago

I completely agree with you

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Thank you 🤭🤗

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Happy new month ma, this is a good sermon to start a new month. We should forgive everyone who has offended in October and have peace with them in this new month.

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Exactly. Thank you for reading my message. 🤭

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You are welcome ma🥰

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Acts of kindness bring us more satisfaction than when we ignore the things around us.

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3 years ago

I agree with you on this.

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Paying evil with good is not easy, but if one can manage to do that then he will be from all form of guilt.

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You are right. We would still be blamed at the end which isn't good enough for us.

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I Always feel so much happier when I help someone with a clean heart and smiley face. These are the little things which are very worthy for someone who needs it. Usually when I am outside from my house and see some old people who face difficulty in crossing the road, I immediately go and help him. This little act of kindness makes me so happy 😊.

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3 years ago

Great! It's kind to be kind. We are not only helping them but ourselves too. Thank you for your feedback.

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But sometimes it's hard to stop yourself from bursting especially if they didn't just throw a stone to me but a bag of big stone. As in the plan is to really destroy me. I don't think I can just forget that. But yeah, I know kindness and kindness but it's hard to give that sometimes.

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Hehehehe It's hard I know but God will help us in dealing with them in the right way.

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I know that repaying bad with bad is wrong, but that doesn't mean I should repay them with good either, in most cases I usually walk away and keep distance for them.

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If you walk away from them, don't you think you would still be holding onto grudges? 😅😅 I am only joking. That is right. I also did walked away and that doesn't mean I still didn't love them back.

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At least I won't release it on them 😂

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We should not hate people, but always show the love as this is the best in life.

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You are right. Thank you sir

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It is indeed hard to love pur enemies and even knowing who they are is. But as you've said, loving them is the best revenge and God will do the favour for you.

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3 years ago

Amen. Thank you MissJo

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3 years ago

Indeed. It is wise to always return wickedness with kindness. Two wrongs they say can't make a right

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3 years ago

It just escalate matter when you do not allow peace to reign by being kind instead, trying to retaliate for what they did to you. Thank you

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3 years ago

In whatsoever one does in like always remember to show kindness and a heart of forgiveness unto others, with this we will receive kindness from God.

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Exactly. You are right

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The Bible mandates us never to pay evil with evil because it sees far beyond what we can see.

I think it is important we learn to forgive and let go of grudges but we must be protected to avoid getting stoned again that could injure us.

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3 years ago

That is it! Our relationship with them should be minimal to avoid same thing to happen to us. Thank you George

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3 years ago

Being kind and forgiving is more about oneself than it is sbout those it is directed at

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3 years ago

You are right. We can actually do ourselves a big favor in forgiving People.

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Hating someone requires negative energy. And negative energy results to bad vibes which wouldn't be helpful for our health. We should just choose our battles and as much as possible generate peace and harmony.

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We won't also be at peace when we choose to hold onto keeping grudges. Thank you

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Forgiveness removes pain and grudge from your heart. You become happier and this is what the Lord desires for you. When your heart is pure, the Lord can find a place in it and fill it with love. When your life is free from grudge, the Lord can start sending you miracles

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3 years ago

So much blessings to enjoy when we choose to love and not pay evil with evil. Thank you Freedom.

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3 years ago

I do love the positivity of yours, your amazing sis

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Thank you sweetiepie 🤭

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3 years ago

Hmmm

I love the analogy between bread and stone. It's so simple and easy to relate with

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Thank you Fav🤗

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I apologize but I have tried throwing stones back before when I was bullied. I just couldn't take it anymore so I defended myself. They hurt me emotionally and it pierced my heart so bad and so I attacked them physically. I know, I did it in a bad way but that's how my body reacts to the situation. Then on, they stopped.

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I understand you. Trying to defend yourself and make them know you aren't weak. It's alright my friend. We only need to be good no matter what. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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3 years ago

We have this funny saying that if someone throws you a stone, throw them a bread with oven hahaha But what you have said is right, this is one of the holy message of the priest last Sunday Mass. It's hard to love our enemy, or someone who hurted us, but a great blessings will come if we follow God; to love others as you love yourself.

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I totally agree with you. Blessings would come to us when we show love instead of hatred to our enemies.

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3 years ago

Contemporaries have discussed a beautiful subject that can be seen in many.We must have true humanity. Or to show people.

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Exactly.

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We have not to pay people back in their coins. Rather, we should always have a way to their hearts by revamping the purpose for humanity.

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I agree with you. We need to do good no matter what people did to us for the sake of humanity. Thank you

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Bread is soft and can be made soft through the use of either water or other liquid substances like tea which is why forgiveness should be like bread that could be softened especially when the offender asks for forgiveness. I guess this is a good food for thought my dear

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3 years ago

Thank you for more analogy to this

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3 years ago

I have been throwing breads even with spreads to people who threw rocks on me.

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That is how life should be for good people like you to bring peace to oneself. Thank you for stopping by ma

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