Trying to be kind

Emotions can sometimes be difficult to navigate. Sometimes when you've already got a lot going on, it makes you more sensitive to even the littlest of things. I wrote about some of the things that make me tempted to snap. These may be some reasons you struggle with being unkind (def. mine), but remember they may also be why someone is unkind to you

Trying to be Kind
It is hard to be kind when you’re tired…
Or when you’re hungry
Or lonely
Or when you’re scared.

It’s hard when you’re frustrated…
Or when you’ve had a bad day
Or a bad week
Or when you’re overwhelmed.

It’s hard when you’re stressed…
Or when you’re rushed
Or forgotten
Or when you’re disappointed.

It’s hard to be kind when you’re disrespected…
Or when you’re expected to be someone’s rescuer
Or lifeline
Or when you listen to everyone’s problems.

It’s hard when you’re depressed…
Or when you’re anxious
Or feeling ill
Or when you’ve had enough of people.

It’s hard when you’re overlooked…
Or when you’re pushed away
Or wrongly blamed
Or when you hear bad news.

It’s hard to be kind when you’re belittled…
Or when you’re demeaned
Or bullied
Or when you’re mocked incessantly.

It’s hard when you’ve experienced loss…
Or when you have to say goodbye
Or give up a dream
Or when a loved one dies.

It’s hard when your work goes unnoticed…
Or to someone else’s credit
Or gets destroyed
Or when you hit a dead end.

It isn’t always easy to be kind.

It isn’t easy to hold your tongue
Or to be patient
Or to smile
Or to be generous.

It isn’t easy to be humble
Or to offer encouragement
Or to listen
Or to give forgiveness.

It isn’t easy to accept critique
Or to speak peaceably
Or to respond in gentleness
Or to give another chance.

It isn’t always easy to be kind,
But experience is understanding,
A chance to sympathize.
When someone else is unkind,
Maybe they’re there too.
Since we understand,
Let’s try to be kind,
Even when we think we can’t.

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 "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Mark 10:45

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - 2 Cor. 12:9 

“For a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.” - Amy Carmichael

"Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful." - Col 3:13-15 



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