Tag: Kind

Say what matters now

Posted on by philipdodson

Today was my Mum’s 80th birthday and we all gathered as a family and celebrated with cards, presents and cake etc.

Afterwards, I took a moment to say some words to celebrate her life and to reminisce and to talk about an amazing life full of achievements and milestones, but also to add about all the things that she had done for me and the family. To thank her and show our collective appreciation.

I’m not saying this to blow my own trumpet, the point is to say the kind things about people now, at this moment, whenever and as often as you can.

Often we wait for funerals to send flowers and more importantly, to say kind words about people who matter.

Show appreciation now, don’t wait, let the people who matter in life hear the kinds words in their ears, as none of us knows what is around the corner.

We will f@!k-up occasionally

Posted on by philipdodson

Occasionally we will:-

-Shout
-Cry
-Get angry
-Get frustrated
-Be jealous
-Tell a lie
-Be rude
-Forget something important
-Be judgemental
-Be unkind
-Interrupt
-Not listen

Occasionally, we all fuck up.

It’s OK. It’s more than OK, you and me, we are humans, not machines.

Don’t be harsh on yourself and don’t fall into the self-help guru spell of constantly being so strict on yourself, that you must stick to the plan or you are a failure, a slacker, lazy, procrastinator and a bad person.

Lighten up.

The choice we all have is how to behave for the majority of the time.

However, chill about the occasional slip, none of us set out to mess up. We are all good, worthy people.

Be kind to you.