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 you
