Kindness
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 9, 2024
Written by: Samuel Oppong Jr, Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
It’s so fundamental, but it’s often lost over time. As we take things for granted, or something becomes second nature, we often forget what true kindness looks like.
It’s an intentional, thoughtful way of serving a human soul. Not just a mind or body, but the depths of the human spirit.
With kindness, It’s being selfless, caring, compassionate, and unconditionally kind. Like love, it takes practice to understand and feel it. We can share the love with others through kind acts such as a smile, a nice word, an unexpected deed, or a planned surprise.
Supreme kindness isn’t only external it’s also internal. You need to nurture and nourish your own spirit as well.
This starts when you stop being your toughest critic.
And it ends when you learn to expect nothing, and accept everything, whether it’s with yourself or with someone else.
Stop being so hard on yourself. And stop being so hard on others. Learn to expect nothing, accept everything, and be kind in everything that you do.
Samuel Oppong Jr, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Samuel Oppong is an Actor, Producer, Sports Broadcaster, CEO, Speaker, Coach, Trainer, Investor, and Philanthropist. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management and Leadership Studies at Washington State University and completed his Masters in Sport Leadership at Concordia University in Chicago. He is a 2x Forbes Under 30 Finalist (2013, 2020) and Inc 30 Under 30 Nominee as an Investor. Before becoming an actor, he spent seven years working in various sports organizations such as USA Basketball, Washington State Athletics, National Hockey League, San Francisco 49ers, National Basketball Association, and National Football League.
