Words From the Window SeatՕրինակ

I became a flight attendant so I could be a reflection of the kindness I so freely received because of God’s love. I wanted to be Love in the world. When I say Love, . . . I want you to know that I mean it as being like Jesus. I like referring to Jesus as Love because this is what Jesus is to me and what Jesus calls us to be as well. I also want to create room for those who may not know him or may not be comfortable using his name. Everyone is invited and welcomed here. We are all striving to become better and to look a lot more like Love.

I’d signed up to love others when it wasn’t convenient. But I suddenly realized that because of my lack of self-growth and inward kindness, I was failing daily. . . . 

We all have moments where we need encouragement. (I wish I could wear a Bluetooth earpiece where someone could secretly feed me encouragement and love all day long.) We all forget to be kind to ourselves—I for one am not my own best cheerleader. It’s really easy to push ourselves as hard as we can, and it’s even easier to beat ourselves up when we fail. It’s hard to practice kindness toward yourself, but it’s hard work that is worth doing. Being kind to ourselves can open us up to a whole new world that is filled with kindness, courage, and a little bit of magic.

Now when I have internal pep talks and I remind myself, Be kind to yourself, I know what the fruit of that looks like. It looks like a beautiful step toward healthiness, which allows me to be healthy with others. It looks like giving myself grace, which then leads to being kind to strangers and having grace with them as well. It looks like small acts of kindness that have the power to embody Love. Kindness looks a lot like Jesus. I hope I continue to look a lot more like that.

Prayer

Lord, please help me to be kind to myself, and please help me to follow Jesus’ example in loving others. Amen.