My friend Matthew Grant shared the quote below that one of his long-term mentors had shared with him: “The secret to happiness is finding a way to be of service to others”. Last night, during The Love and Kindness Project Foundation’s annual general meeting (yes! We are one year old!) the Foundation Directors and I reflected on this, and on all the people who had reached out and asked to help,to be involved, to translate materials like our Tiny Kindness Zine, to host Kindness Events (even online socially distanced ones during the pandemic), to get Helping Circles restarted, to create Instagram and Facebook pages, make bracelets and necklaces, to give out buttons, and countless other kindnesses. Not for money, but for love and kindness. So often we search for the one thing that we are missing that will bring us true happiness, when in fact true happiness will not come from what we ‘get’ but what we ‘give’. So today, to everyone, everywhere serving others, and creating kindness in the world, thank you for helping others and inspiring me!
