More than simply thought-provoking, A Short Course in Kindness challenges and inspires the reader to effect change through kindness. In warm and engaging prose, this book explains true kindness as opposed to mere niceness and explores its power and benefits. It motivates individuals to exhibit and practice kindness, describing in clear and simple terms ways to integrate kindness as the response of choice. Included are techniques for developing the ability to empathize with others and strategies for being kind to oneself.
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I love this book. I couldn't put it down. The people are alive, the voice is real. -- Kathleen DesMaisons, author of "Potatoes Not Prozac"
The author's sketches of our shared humanity are a wonderful reminder of what life's all about. -- Ellen Bass, poet and author of "Mules of Love"
The message of this book will spread person-to-person and become a mighty force that will change us all. -- Laura Davis, author of "I Thought We'd Never Speak Again" and the best-selling "The Courage to Heal"
The author's sketches of our shared humanity are a wonderful reminder of what life's all about. -- Ellen Bass, poet and author of "Mules of Love"
The message of this book will spread person-to-person and become a mighty force that will change us all. -- Laura Davis, author of "I Thought We'd Never Speak Again" and the best-selling "The Courage to Heal"
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I discovered some wonderful things about kindness while writing this book. First, I discovered that there's a lot more kindness out there than we realize. The book reflects that in its many stories of complete strangers stepping up to the plate when they see someone in trouble.
Second, I learned that while most of us want to be kinder, we're not sure what that looks like in real life. So, besides the stories of kindness, I included a chapter with specific suggestions on simple ways to make a big difference by being kind to others.
Finally, I was confirmed in my belief that kindness is a revolution whose time has come. We deserve to see what the world looks like when kind people are running our corporations and sitting in Congress. We deserve to see how our culture changes when kind people are in charge of publishing our newspapers, hosting newscasts, producing movies, and designing our video games. And—most important of all—we deserve to see what our future looks like when only kind people are allowed to educate our children.
I believe we can make the world a kinder place -- and I would like you to help me do it. We CAN change the world. Why? Because we ARE the world.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A short but powerful course in kindness,
This review is from: A Short Course in Kindness: A Little Book on the Importance of Love and the Relative Unimportance of Just About Everything Else (Paperback)
If you desire to have a kinder, gentler, more compassionate soul when dealing with others or when dealing with life itself then this book provides a roadmap to get there. "A Short Course in Kindness" points out the difference between just being nice, which many people are at times, and being truly kind. Kindness is a way of life, a way of being. The author points out techniques to learn to be kind by empathizing with others and as well as techniques to learn how to be kind to yourself (an aspect of kindness that many people overlook). Not just content to explore kindness, she also explores the enemies of kindness and how to keep them at bay. If you want to change yourself and change your world you can't go wrong with this book. "A Short Course in Kindness" is a recommended read.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: A Short Course in Kindness: A Little Book on the Importance of Love and the Relative Unimportance of Just About Everything Else (Paperback)
Kindness is not wimpy, not "nice", not for the faint of heart. In this little gem of a book Ms. Forrest shows us time after time that kindness takes courage, strength and ultimately the decision in the moment to reach out to those around us, one by one. "We can save the world, because we are the world," the author tells us. There have been a few titles in my lifetime that I have given to the people in my life who are closest to me. "A Short Course in Kindness" has joined that list. Buy this, read it, and then live it in your day to day life - you won't be sorry.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Is Kindness Inevitable?,
By Curtis G. Schmitt "Productivity Specialist & ... (Turn On to Life!) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: A Short Course in Kindness: A Little Book on the Importance of Love and the Relative Unimportance of Just About Everything Else (Paperback)
The first thing that struck me when I read this inspirational little book was Forrest's proactive definition of kindness. Kindness is not an insincere compliment or an empty "call me if you need help." Kindness requires us to give something of ourselves. It doesn't have to be a huge sacrifice, either. It is one part empathy, one part compassion, one part charity. Kindness is giving the perfect gift without the holiday.
But more than telling us what kindness is and isn't, Forrest inspires the reader to be kind. She does so most powerfully by seeding her pages with first-hand accounts of the effects of kindness on every day people like you and me. For this reader, these stories conjured memories of kind acts that were bestowed upon me, reminding me how a smile or a hug at just the right moment got me through some of my most painful experiences. Surely, I thought to myself as I read, these are things I could do for others. And that is my favorite part about reading A Short Course in Kindness. The feeling I come away with that kindness is inevitable. It is in our nature. Despite the horror that the news media report to us every day, examples of people being kind to each other abound. I wish this book was required reading! Forrest's writing style is warm and humorous, and she isn't afraid to share her own painful experiences. The chapters are short, yet quite moving. I find it makes for great reading whenever I catch myself with a few minutes to spare. I'll read a few pages at bedtime, click off the light, and slip off to sleep feeling peaceful and optimistic. It's the kind of book that you will want to read more than once. (A Short Course in Kindness is featured in the Turn On to Life! home-study course. The Turn On to Life! Free Newsletter features a new self-help book review each month.) ©2005 Curtis G. Schmitt / TurnOnToLife.com
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