Kindness in Action | Aaron Ableman

Ask most people the difference between kindness and compassion and you'll get a pause, then a shrug — they feel like the same thing wearing different clothes. But the distinction matters more than almost any other in how we actually live, because it explains why so much sincere feeling never becomes anything. Compassion is interior: it's what you perceive, what you feel on someone else's behalf. Kindness is exterior: it's what you do about it. In a conversation, author and artist Aaron Ableman shares the cleanest explanation — "If compassion is the composition of the song, then kindness is actually the lyrics and the performance of it. One is written. The other is played out loud.” What follows is an argument for why compassion in action, at the smallest possible scale, may be the only thing that changes anything. #Compassion, #Kindness, #RegenerativeLife, #DeathEconomy, #SelfCompassion, #Consciousness, #ParadigmShift, #RegenerativeFutures #ConsciousLeadership, #BePresent, #Storytelling, #Fatherhood Full story: http://magicommons.org/podcast-episode/kindness-in-action-aaron-ableman 00:00 Introduction to Aaron Abelman 01:36 The Power of Kindness 03:29 Influence of the human 05:17 Kindness + Compassion 08:17 Importance of Self Kindness 10:35 Stories of Kindness 13:12 Gaia's Game: A New Kind of Learning 15:50 Transforming Consciousness for a Kinder World 22:32 Turn Consumption into Conscious Integration 28:37 How to transform our life into a life of service 28:44 Being Deeply Present in life 37:01 Be in Service in the World 45:15 Empowering Narratives in Storytelling 46:01 Creating Shifts Through Kindness and Compassion 47:12 The Role of Humor in Life 48:36 Inviting Playfulness in Life's Journey 50:15 Exploring the Quantum Field of Existence 51:20 The Dance of Light and Dark 54:01 Childhood Magic and Connection to Nature 58:30 Finding Beauty in Small Moments 01:00:25 The Impact of Awe and Wonder on Life 01:05:19 Prioritizing the Small Things in Life 01:08:33 Embracing the Journey of Evolution 01:11:12 Opening to Possibility and Inner Guidance 01:12:53 Closing Reflections and Blessings