the society we have co-created is so
often not unified we stand in elevators
without saying hi to one another we
conceal our problems from each other
because we're convinced that we're the
only ones that feel the way we feel and
we live right next to people and we have
no idea who they are our neighborhoods
are not really communities anymore
they're just the places that we live and
we happen to live next to other people
this isolation which we have created is
unhealthy but all too often we sit here
and we wait for someone else to do
something about it we wait for someone
to walk through our door and to rescue
us from our own isolation and what we
find is that all of us end up sitting
and waiting for someone else to do it
and so we're all stuck it only takes one
person to get this ball rolling and that
person is you I have said many times
that self-love is the only thing which
we're here to master it is the end to
which every single spiritual practice is
just a means self-love is all we're ever
doing it is the only practice and if
we're going to accept that this universe
is that of oneness then the way to love
this world and the way to change this
world is to love and change ourselves
well it just so happens that oneness is
the truth of this universe the little
known fact though is that what I have
just stated before works in Reverse that
which you extend out towards another
person is that what you extend out
towards yourself in an entangled
universe like the one we live in every
kind gesture you extend towards somebody
else is a kind of gesture you extend
ultimately towards yourself the way to
create a world of kindness is to go
become that kindness which you're
looking for to receive this video is an
answer to an email which I received from
a
who is feeling very isolated this person
wrote me to ask me what do I do when I
feel isolated in a world which seems
very cruel uncompassionate and unkind
here is my answer no one can argue with
the fact that harshness and cruelty
exist you do not need to be afraid to
own it it would be lying to yourself at
this point to say that it didn't exist
but it is also aligned to yourself to
say that harshness and cruelty are all
that exists compassion and kindness and
love also exist when we begin to suffer
is when we think that harshness and
cruelty are all that exists we begin to
suffer when we think that our society is
its own entity with its own free will
but our society is not this giant
monster with its own free will and
identity what it is is just the sum of
its tiniest part and its tiniest part is
one person what you do when the society
you're living in looks harsh and cruel
and uncompassionate and unkind is to
become that which you are wishing to see
in this world to become compassion to
become kind to seek to create this kind
of unity which you wish to receive this
means leave your house and form
connections with other people by
demonstrating compassion and kindness
towards other people and the very best
way to do this is random acts of
kindness today's video is less a lecture
by teal Scott as it is a challenge
because the challenge in and of itself
is the lesson my challenge to you for
this next week is to do as many random
acts of kindness as you can possibly
think of to do I challenge you to pay
attention to the way that this causes
you to feel I challenge you to pay
attention to the way that this is going
to change your perception relative to
what is possible for this world when we
those individuals who make up this is
I live this way day by day I want you to
really think about what's possible if
we're all living in this way what you're
gonna be living in this next week it is
my hope that after this week of random
acts of kindness through the random acts
of kindness will become your newest
habit here are some suggestions of
random acts of kindness which you could
do right anonymous positive notes on
scraps of paper and place them randomly
on car windshields throughout the city
that you live in pay for someone behind
you in a toll booth donate things from
your house to a charity or library
create and give care packs to homeless
shelters visit people in an old-age home
throw someone at just because I love you
surprise party help someone with
something that you know they have to do
that would take less time to do with
more people pitching in hold the door
open for someone let someone behind you
go in line in front of you give someone
a genuine compliment instead of keeping
the appreciative thought to yourself
mentor an at-risk child or teen donate
blood volunteer to walk and play with
the animals at the pound or other pet
adoption center pick up trash bake your
neighbor cookies or let someone merge
into traffic in front of you the more
creative you get with this the better
random acts of kindness don't apply just
the people they apply to all living
beings so plants and animals and earth
can all be on the receiving end of these
gestures random acts of kindness include
kind gestures all the way from rubbing
someone's back to paying off someone's
college tuition
every single act counts random act of
kindness do not have to add stress to
your life it shouldn't feel as if you
are sacrificing what little energy you
have for someone else random acts of
kindness should not take away any
happiness from your life they should
feel good to do they should come
straight from our hearts desire to see
other people happy and to be exactly who
we really are here on this planet you
can do random acts of kindness whether
you're a millionaire or whether you have
only the clothes on your back to your
name it is my desire that you share some
of the things which you did during this
week in the comment section on this
video so that the rest of us can see
that somewhere around the world there
are people just like us who care it is
important that we see that there are
other people who are facilitating
compassion and kindness on this planet
which often feel so much bigger than us
it is my belief that a challenge like
this can serve to unite us no matter how
far apart we may live geographically on
the spaceship called Earth I would say
good luck but none of you need it so I
look forward to reading the ideas which
you put forth in the comment section of
this video and as always I love you very
much
you