{"id":12630,"date":"2025-07-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:05:54","slug":"kind-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/kind-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kind Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coral-Pink-Simple-Elegant-Kindness-Quote-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coral-Pink-Simple-Elegant-Kindness-Quote-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coral-Pink-Simple-Elegant-Kindness-Quote-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coral-Pink-Simple-Elegant-Kindness-Quote-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coral-Pink-Simple-Elegant-Kindness-Quote-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one likes being around a grouch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golfing with a friend, talking about an unhappy person who deliberately made people miserable with her actions, my golfing buddy\u2019s statement struck me.&nbsp; Nobody likes spending time with negative people who bring them down, and cruel people want to have people join them in their misery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an ex-mean girl who loved to point out the downside of any situation, I strive to let kindness rule my actions.&nbsp; However, I can\u2019t become a nice person without the help of the Savior.&nbsp; My natural instinct cuts people to the core with words, but Jesus shows me a different way to interact with people.&nbsp; Never, in the Savior\u2019s story, do you see Him act or say cruel things.&nbsp; Christ does speak the truth, but He does so with love and caring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have a choice of how you respond to any situation: with kindness or with cruelty.&nbsp; Whatever decision you make will determine the response you receive.&nbsp; The more I strive to respond with Christ\u2019s love, the more I receive love in return.&nbsp; But when I strike out in my hurt, I receive nothing good in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindness rewards you, cruelty destroys you.&nbsp; Choose well today, and respond in kindness to the best of your ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When have you responded cruelly and suffered the consequences?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Choose to respond with kindness today, no matter what the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. \u201cNo one likes being around a grouch.\u201d Golfing with a friend, talking about an unhappy person who deliberately made people miserable with her actions, my golfing buddy\u2019s statement struck me.&nbsp; Nobody likes spending time with negative people who bring them down, and cruel people want to have people join them in their misery.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/kind-benefits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kind Benefits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12645,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions\/12645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}