Good morning! Let’s prepare ourselves to welcome the day through unexpected acts of kindness.
Good morning! Let’s prepare ourselves to welcome the day through unexpected acts of kindness.
You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com.
And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.
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S2E47, MORNING Unexpected Kindness
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Good morning. My name is Taes and I want to welcome you to today.
Can you wave your hand and say, “Good morning, day.”
Can you put your hands on your heart and say, “Good morning, heart.”
And I want to say good morning to you.
I just love getting to start today with you as we check in, as we wake up our bodies, and as we think about what is in store for us today.
Are you ready to start off our morning? Great!
[UNEXPECTED KINDNESS]
Taes: Today, we are going to do some activities around kindness. And when we have thought about the word kindness, and when we have filled our body with kind thoughts, you will be ready to head out into your day and to have a day filled with unexpected acts of kindness.
So to get started, can you jump up on your feet for me? And can you stand with your two feet flat on the ground? Can you put your hands on your beautiful heart? Let's just take a moment to notice your own heartbeat. Ready? Take a big breath in, let it out and count to 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
That heart that deserves so much kindness. Your big, kind heart.
Now, I would love to hear about a time when somebody was really kind to you. Can you remember a time when somebody was really kind? And I would love if you could share it with me.
That's a really good one. Thank you. And now, can you think of a time when you were really kind to someone else, when did you do something really amazing and really kind for someone? And can you share that right now?
Thank you for sharing. That's a really good one.
And what did it feel like when you were really kind? How did your heart feel?
Yeah. When we're really kind, it makes our heart feel really happy, doesn't it? Doesn't it feel so good to be kind to other people?
Now today I have a special mission for you. Today, I want you to go out into your day and do something unexpectedly kind.
What does that mean?
So, unexpectedly kind means that you do something really surprising. So it might be that you put the dishes away without even being told to do it. Or it might be that you ask somebody in your family, if they would like a snack and you bring them a banana. Whatever it is. Or it might be that if someone is having big feelings, you go over and you ask them if they would like a hug.
So today, can you put your hands on your heart? And can you say, “Today. I will be kind.”
Today, you will fill your day with unexpected acts of kindness, and this is going to be really fun because tonight, when we talk again, I want you to come back and report all of those unexpectedly kind things that you did. And we're gonna notice how being kind makes you feel really, really good inside of your body.
Hey, I love you so much. And I just wanna say, thank you for showing up today. Thanks for being here. Thanks for being you.
[CLOSING]
Taes: I'm so excited for you and for your day.
And I want to say thank you so much for starting today with me and for setting yourself up for a big heart kind of day.
I can't wait to see you tonight and hear about all of the things that you did.
Remember: there is nobody in the whole world with a heart, just like yours.
I love you. And I love your big heart so much.