For auld lang syne, my dear.
For auld lang syne.
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
I have a Kind Jar for my five-year-old son that sits on our kitchen counter. Whenever he makes a kind choice with his words or his actions, he drops a bead in the Kind Jar. For every ten beads he receives, he is rewarded with ten Skittles.
Because I believe that kindness is inherent in all good deeds, I award beads in the Kind Jar for all good choices.
There are good listening beads. There are beads for patience. There are sympathy beads. There are beads for good character and integrity. There are sharing beads. There are please and thank you beads. There are beads for respect. There are beads for words of love. There are beads for acts of love.
All of these beads are kind in the same way that all of these deeds are kind too.
Anything he does that makes my heart warm deserves a bead in the Kind Jar. Anything he does that makes me proud deserves a bead in the Kind Jar.
As a parent, kindness matters to me. In fact, there’s very little that matters more.
As a human being, kindness matters in this world. In fact, there’s very little that matters more.
This New Year’s Eve, I raise a cup of kindness in thanks for all good deeds that came my way this year.
And I make one resolution for the year ahead.
More beads in my Kind Jar.
For auld lang syne, my dear.
For auld lang syne.
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
May this new year bring you kindness. And may you bring kindness to this new year.
KID
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