We all need a little bit more kindness right now
By Amanda Scali

You only need to talk to your friends, family, colleagues or clients to know that many people are stretched a little thin right now.
 
It might be due to the ongoing Covid crisis, lockdowns, financial woes, business shutdowns, or a mirid of other things that might be affecting us all right now.
 
There really is a collective exhaustion going around, and people are a little more fragile than usual.
 
If you've turned on your tv recently, scrolled through social media or talked to friends, you might see that there are a lot of heated topics and debates doing the rounds. People are frustrated about many things and very reactive to life stressors and happenings in the world.
 
It's a very crazy time to be living our lives, and we are all feeling it in different ways.
 
The one thing that the world can never have too much of and we can always use more of right now is showing a bit of kindness.
 
It could be kindness when you are waiting in line, kindness to a colleague who doesn’t seem to have it all together or kindness to our partner who might be a little bit more stressed than usual.
 
And it could just be in being a little kinder to ourselves, in giving ourselves a break when we need one and not having to have everything go to plan all the time.
 
So just like gratitude and writing down three things that we are grateful for every morning, why don't we add one thing we can do today that shows kindness to someone else.
 
Because the more kindness we put into the world, a better place it will be.