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Speaker 1: Approachie production. Good morning. I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your

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Speaker 1: Morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores kindness and how small acts

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Speaker 1: can soften your heart and brighten the world around you.

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Speaker 1: Your morning Mantra, I choose kindness and let it ripple outward.

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Speaker 1: Let's begin.

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Speaker 2: If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or

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Speaker 2: lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

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Speaker 2: your jaw, relax your shoulders.

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Speaker 1: Down and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your

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Speaker 1: breath down into your heart. Kindness is strength. It is

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Speaker 1: presence and awareness. It is compassion. It's the ability to

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Speaker 1: see another person and offer them warmth. We may think

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Speaker 1: of kindness required in the big moments, but kindness is

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Speaker 1: often found in the quiet and considered moments. Kindness is

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Speaker 1: in our everyday choices, simple as sending a message to

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Speaker 1: someone we love, holding the door over for the next person,

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Speaker 1: allowing cars to merge in traffic, buying coffee for the

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Speaker 1: stranger next in line, giving a genuine compliment, checking in

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Speaker 1: on a friend, listening without fixing, smiling at someone who

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Speaker 1: looks tired. Kindness is being gentle with others and with ourselves.

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Speaker 1: When we treat ourselves with compassion, we naturally move from compassion,

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Speaker 1: making it our intention towards others. Kindness is a frequency

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Speaker 1: that we can tune into and practice. It has the

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Speaker 1: ability to change the energy today. Let kindness be our offering.

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Speaker 1: Today's mantra, I choose kindness and let it ripple outward.

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Speaker 1: Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.

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Speaker 1: I choose kindness and let it ripple outward. Bringing your

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Speaker 1: awareness back to your breath, breathing in and out of

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Speaker 1: your heart space. May you be happy, May you be well,

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Speaker 1: May you be free from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety,

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Speaker 1: and your whole life be truly blessed. Bringing your awareness

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Speaker 1: back to the space around you and slowly opening your

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Speaker 1: eyes to increase self awareness and growth. I invite you

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Speaker 1: to listen to this evening's reflection. You can also deepen

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Speaker 1: your practice with me on inside Timer find the link below.

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Speaker 1: In the show notes,