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I spent last night binge watching “The Kindness Diaries” on Netflix. I thoroughly enjoyed the show while simultaneously bawling my eyes out. It’s a show about a man that travels the world on an old motorcycle with a side car with no money. He only relies on the kindness of others for food and accommodations. Then occasionally he will find someone that goes so above and beyond kindness that he repays it with giving them gifts.
For example, a man in India with no money and often no food to feed his family, provided Leon with food and his own bed to sleep in. The man, a rickshaw driver, did it truly out of the kindness of his own heart. The man had to rent the rickshaw in order to take care of his family. To return the favor, the show bought him a new rickshaw. Tears poured out of me when the man found out he was getting his very own rickshaw. The joy on his face was indescribable. It takes so little to bring happiness and gratitude to those with so little. Even though they didn’t have material possessions or even the basics in life, they were never bitter or angry. They were filled with love for their families and friends.
This show touched my heart in ways I cannot describe. The level of poverty in some of the countries he visited, especially India, was unimaginable. I’ve visited some of those places as well as many others where having a roof over your head, food on the table and clothes on your back were considered luxuries not necessities. After visiting these countries and personally witnessing the devastating poverty, my entire being was filled with gratitude. I was grateful for the roof over my head, the food in my fridge, the clothes on my back and even being able to grab a bottle of cold water anytime I wanted it. My journeys awakened me to the fact that we here in America often take for granted the basic necessities of life. After my last adventure to Nepal, I live in daily gratitude for not only my material possessions but the loved ones in my life.
I fully believe that gratitude can bring about major changes in the quality of your life. Instead of focusing on the “have nots”, focus instead on the “haves”. Sending out gratitude to the universe, signals it to bring more events and people in which to be grateful.
The other reason that show touched me so much is because it opened my heart even more to love and compassion. I felt an energetic shift in my awareness as I watched this show. It opened my heart by understanding that we humans are all the same no matter who we are and where we live. We have the same hardships, the same struggles, and the same suffering no matter where we live or how much money we have.
It’s interesting that one of the things Leon discovered is that the less money and possessions someone had the more kindness they offered him. I’m not saying that the top 1 % is not kind to the ones they love but it seems they have a tougher time offering kindness to strangers. The 1 % doesn’t have any less suffering or struggles than most people, they just don’t have the struggle of money. In my work I have come across so many people that ostensibly had absolutely every thing money could buy, but they were miserable. Those of us without money think that money will dissipate our pain…it won’t. We still have karma and unresolved emotions no matter how much money we have in the bank. That being said, I would still like to have that money in the bank…. Big smile! My struggles emotionally, mentally or physically are slim to none these days because I’ve spent my life working to resolve them, so money would neither solve my problems or create new ones.
Please watch “The Kindness Diaries” on Netflix to support shows that encourage love and compassion instead of ones that promote darkness. I realize that darkness is just an opportunity to understand our wounds but it’s time we focused on what we love instead of what we don’t. Time to evolve!
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