@LadyO
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 5:00

Kindness is not a weakness, it's the ultimate gift

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Kindness is not a weakness. It's the ultimate gift from Mornisval family. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I think in a world of give and take, you have have those who are givers and you have those who are takers. And so what happens is the givers find themselves constantly giving, and the takers only know how to take. So it's very unbalanced. Right

#kindness #selflove #peace #happiness #compassion #empathy #love

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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 4:52
We are givers, and we're going to always be givers. It's not like all of a sudden you just wake up and change and go, I'm not going to be a giver anymore. I'm not going to help people. No, not at all. And at the risk of sounding bitter and jaded towards people that have borrowed money, I let them do it. I always want to see the best in people and trust
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@LadyO
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 4:02

@corinneisabella🙌🏾🙌🏾

I've just kind of been lurking about, and I have these ideas of things I want to talk about, but then I'd say, oh, no. But, yeah, I was just thinking about doing a swell today, and then I just saw your reply, so I just wanted to say thank you so much, and I do look forward to hearing your swells and chatting with you more. Have a wonderful day, and you be safe
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:23

@corinneisabella @LadyO

Hey. I just wanted to pop in here and say my day started. I feel like almost eavesdropping into this great connection, and it put a big smile on my face. Not just because you both connected, but the content is so relevant and so evergreen, and that's why it picked up a couple of months later. It always works that way. Anyway, sending love to you both
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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 5:00

@LadyO

And I hate to say the words coming out of my mouth, I don't use these words often, but that is in the Muslim culture. And I hate saying it. I hate it because it's the truth. And my husband is Iraqi. Thought I said that. All redneck. He's in Iraqi. He was born here, but he was born in the northern part of Kurdistan, and they call him Turkey Man
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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 3:43
You in your heart, you give freely. So, okay, let her have it. Let it go. Okay. It's not you. And then just releasing that, that's how I do it. The same thing that I've noticed in this culture also about borrowing money. That is a big no. And that is where I learned probably about five years ago, I got burned pretty bad. I have learned to say no to the 10th power
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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 2:32
And at least we're on the same side of the world. That's kind of cool, right? You're only, like, a two hour flight from, well, Baghdad, if I flew out of Baghdad, but we fly out of Verbal now. All that price tag on American head stuff. That fun stuff. But, yeah, outstanding. And I wish you the best day
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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 1:07

@DBPardes

So you are omswell, Deborah. That means mother of swell. That's how I see it. You're overlooking what a beautiful thing, what a wonderful view. You have these amazing souls that are connecting in this really a creative way. And my heart is just full of joy. I can't even tell you guys. It's just such a wonderful, wonderful connection and just amazing. I can't tell you how much you guys have brought to my days here
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@LadyO
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 4:55

@corinneisabella I love it "not bitter but better"

And I had for a long time suffered with that because I didn't understand. Maybe I'll do a swell on that as well. I have three swells in my head, and I might just put them all out today, but I can just feel their pain. And I never know what that is until I listen to their story. And I'm like, I can feel that something is heavy for you right now. What's happening?
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@LadyO
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 4:24

@corinneisabella

One of the swells that's in my head is one for children and trauma and the other one is, oh my God, I had it in my head a second ago. But the thing is that I find that talking about these things, the other one is about kindness in the world and how if we could just be kinder to each other, what an amazing world this would be and what it means to be kind
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@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 0:48

@LadyO

I so love everything you just said. Amazing. I want to be a life coach when I grow up too. Wow. Yes. It and being an Empath, that's how you can turn that into a positive. As being an Empath, oh, my gosh. It's been my whole life. And that also leads to, like you said, you can feel people's vibe and their heaviness. You feel it, and you can help them through it
@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 4:59

@LadyO

I do an open source because I work for the company and it's all this classified nondisclosure bullshit. But blah, blah. What I do on Facebook, it's a group. I think I have, like, 1500 followers. I was like, wow, Moium. But it's not an interactive, engaging type of forum. I'm literally just tracking all the news in this region, open source from many different sources
@corinneisabella
corinne isabella
@corinneisabella · 4:31
Well, I have some plants, and I do have my sole tree that I sit under every day at my post. And I'm thankful for some of the greenery that I'm around. There's not a whole lot. I've got a couple of aloe plants, and my Filipino friends have their beautiful flowers, and I'm so thankful I have to get pictures to show you. So I find those things beautiful amongst all the sand and my abuse
@LadyO
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 1:29

@Kadam

And I just pay attention to those cues from people and recognize that I'm going to surround myself with people who are on the same footing as me and who have the same ambitions and drives as I do. And it just saves me the headache of being bothered with people who don't have, you know so, yeah, I hear you on that. Thank you so much for sharing
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