What comes up for you when you think of offering kindness to someone you actively dislike?
What did you choose to do for yourself and the person you disagree with?
I'd love to hear, if you would like to share in the comments. Your words might be the spark that inspires someone else to take action!
If you feel stumped, here are some things I and my clients have done in the past:
left a box of chocolates anonymously in the mailbox of a grumpy co-worker
sent a postcard of forgiveness to a teacher who had acted unfairly
ordered a bouquet of flowers for a family member's birthday despite decades-long disagreement
raked leaves for a contentious (and sickly) neighbor
"It was beginning winter" It was beginning winter,An in-between time,The landscape still partly brown:The bones of weeds kept swinging in the wind,Above the blue snow. It was beginning winter,The light moved slowly over the frozen field,Over the dry seed-crowns,The beautiful surviving bonesSwinging in the wind. Light traveled over the wide field;Stayed.The weeds stopped swinging.The mind moved, not alone,Through the clear air, in the silence. Was it light?Was it light within?Was it light within light?Stillness becoming alive,Yet still? A lively understandable spiritOnce entertained you.It will come again.Be still.Wait.~ Theodore Roethke