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Why does kindness matter?

This week is #mentalhealthawarenessweek 2020, celebrated worldwide, and this year’s theme is #kindness. Genuine kindness is important for our and other people’s wellbeing because its constitutional elements imply a deeper understanding of vital emotional needs, those of empathy, acceptance, love, and compassion. All creative powers, qualities that we all need to feel safe and content.

There are many ways to define what kindness really is. It can be manifested in various forms. But, here, on SHARE, we tried to find one that is going beyond a general recommendation, and connects in a meaningful way kindness and its deeper meaning, with negative, painful, human experiences, that challenge our inner balance, psychological resilience, and eventually our mental health. Kindness could save lives, and accelerate personal progress, and development.

How do we respond to other people’s losses and failures?

So, if you think that kindness is important, don’t blame a child for its failure but instead, support, and nurture it. Inside, maybe devastated.

Don’t exult over other people’s divorces. Such a stance may be felt like a huge social/psychological burden, hindering the healing process, or trapping people into negative situations.

Don’t reject someone just because he lost his money, or because he was fired. You aggravate his frustration and depression. Help him through your positivity to make money again, or find a new job.

Don’t call a “loser” someone who finds it difficult to achieve his goals. You most probably stripping him from his already weakened self-respect and self-confidence. Maybe he was not lucky enough to get proper guidance, and support…

The list is endless…

Let’s be kind…lack of kindness hurts, it does not help…

How do we respond to our own losses and failures?

Can we be kind to ourselves? Can we stop blaming, judging, and criticizing, and instead accept, embrace, and nurture ourselves, especially when we experience painful situations?

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Elissavet Georgiadi (Music Therapist/Mental Health Professional, PgDipMT, GSMD, City University)