Be kind,

When you wake up and you realise you slept in
Be kind,
When you run for your bus and arrive two little seconds too late.
Breathe in. Next bus will be there in 5 mm.
Be kind,
When the person standing next to you pushes through the door to grab the last available seat.
Be kind,
When you feel like everyone on the street is against you, slowing down or worse stopping randomly in front of you when you want to walk past

Be kind,
When you run to arrive at work just in time for your meeting, to find out  your boss had cancelled it...30mns ago. You try to catch your breadth and pretend you needed that morning cardio.
Be kind,
When your boss tells you at the last minute he wants you to take a two-hour  train to attend a one hour meeting out of town. You wonder - How does that even make sense? Why can't you dial-in a conference call? Why you?

Be kind,
When you get to the meeting only to find out that half of the discussion is in German, a language you do not speak, nor had the intention to learn.
Be kind,
when the train on the way back is delayed and you start to believe it must be a curse  for the day couldn't get any worse
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Be kind,
When your mum sends you a spam email chain and it said she had to send it to 3 people and somehow she always sends those to you
Be kind,
When you mum send you yet another viral video, and sometime the same one she had sent you a week ago because it really is that funny. or so she thinks.

Be kind,
When your friend texts you something that doesn't make sense to you and you want to tell them the f*** truth but you had a bad day... so probably not a great idea
Be kind,
When you need an answer to your most  URGENT question and they just won't reply. all you want is to scream - WTF is she doing!? 

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Be kind
When your train finally arrives and you end up pushing that mum in the stroller to get on that jam-packed train. Some folks will roll eyes at you but really you don't care because you don't know when the next one will come.
Be kind,
And smile at that little baby in its stroller in between cries and screams. The mother smiles back at you and thanks you with teary eyes and only now you realize the exhaustion sign of the bags underneath them,
The train stops.You help that lady lift her stroller and mind the gap on the way out.
Be kind,
not least because everyone is fighting a battle  you don't know but also because no act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.

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Be kinder,
When you arrive home late to find your husband with a smile on his face and an extra glass of red wine for you. You had forgotten how cute he was.

Be kinder,
When you sit on the sofa and you start telling him about your horrible day but he interrupts you with hugs and sweet kisses, and all you want now is a little bit more...
Be kinder,
When you stand up and notice two little red stains on the sofa. What's that?
Wait? it's on your skirt too!?!? OMG. WTH? WHO HAS SEEN THIS????

You are upset but you both laugh for it all makes sense now.

Be kind to yourself. Always. And Be kinder today,
For it wasn't a bad day after all, it was just that kind of day...

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till next time

-S, with love

PS: this post may or may not be inspired by real life events.
PPS: Now you tell me - Shall I add poet to my CV or what?