Miraculous Acts of Kindness

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Miraculous Acts of Kindness will return!

Hello everyone!  This is Mod Droxx of Miraculous Acts of Kindness.  First, i wanted to apologise for the length of absence since our last post. We’ve all been fighting the darkness, and these past few months have been truly trying times for us all including the Kindness Kwamis. I myself have moved twice over the last six months, and currently am a penny less little gremlin acting as caregiver for my grandparents.  That being said, Miraculous Acts of Kindness will be making a return to the fandom soon, and we hope everyone will lend their hands in helping us make the fandom a better place.  With a little love, a like and a reblog, and a show of good faith, anyone can cleanse the akuma inside us all. On that note i must retire for the night.  Let the light in your hearts shine!

[wrenwalker]

@napoleonbrolo sent me this and it changed my life

[gentle-reminder]

gentle reminder

your best may not be the same as another’s best, and that’s okay - you keep doing the best you can do, that’s amazing, and try to not look down at yourself for it

[life-with-bpd-things-blog]

just a quick reminder

selfishness is putting the wants of yourself over the needs of others. 

self respect is putting the needs of yourself over the wants of others.

one is disregarding others, one is taking care of yourself. 

the difference between the two is the difference between being a friend and a doormat. 

taking care of yourself does not make you a bad person

i repeat:

taking care of yourself does NOT make you a bad person

[latina-lesbian]

And you need to take care of yourself in order to take care of others!

[quotes-motivational]

[notesforselflove]

Reminders:

Take your medication

Drink some water

Take a break from looking at computer/tablet/tv/phone screens the back light is not good for your eyes

Eat

Rest

Do some self care

Brush your teeth

Take a shower

Brush your hair

Breathe

Get out of bed and do something

Go outside

Even if you just do one thing on this list I am proud of you. Even if all you do is breathe. You are alive. You are a miracle. You are precious.

[novice-heartbreaker-deactivated]

you deserve recognition for all you do

[positivity-spot]

Positivity doesn’t mean being all sunshine and rainbows all the time. It mean making an effort to stay hopeful and look at the good things against all odds.

You’re trying, and that’s all that matters.

[amatara]

I’m pretending all the time to be, kinder, stronger, funnier, more sociable than I am. I guess we’re all like that but it just feels so inadequate.

[animate-mush]

What’s the difference?

I know it sounds flippant but… certain things are fundamentally performative.  And other things are so close as makes no difference.

Kindness is performative.  Actions are kind, and people are kind by performing those actions.  You can’t “pretend” to be kinder than you are, you can only perform kindness or not perform kindness, and choosing to perform kindness is always worthwhile, no matter how much you may second-guess your motivations.

Strength is so many things.  It takes strength to pretend a strength you don’t feel.  And the way to achieve strength is to exercise it, so long as you do it in enough moderation to not strain or break anything.  Being able to affect strength when necessary while being able to put it down again when that in turn is necessary is healthy.  Everyone starts weight training with the littlest weights.  It’s not fake or pretending to do what you gotta do in any given situation.

Funniness lives in the interlocutor, not in the speaker.  It doesn’t matter how funny you think you are (or think you are pretending to be) - that’s not how it’s measured.  At what point are you “pretending” to be a musician if the music still gets made?  And often what it’s tempting to describe in first person as “pretending” is more accurately described in the third person as “practicing” - which is of course the way you cause things to Be.

Sociability is also performative.  Pretending to be sociable is just…being sociable, despite a disinclination towards it.  It’s making an effort towards something you value.  So long as the effort is not so great that it backfires into resentment, there’s no practical difference.  

Qualities or activities or whatever are no less worthy because you have to actively choose to perform them.  If anything, the worthiness lies in the act of choosing.  It’s not “pretending” - it’s agency.

tl;dr: ain’t nothing wrong with “fake it till you make it.”  A plastic spoon* holds just as much soup as a “real” one

* I keep wanting to talk about semantic domains!  Artifacts are defined by their utility, whereas living things are defined by their identity.  So plastic forks are still forks, but plastic flowers aren’t flowers.  So there’s two pep-talk messages to take away from this: (1) for certain things, the distinction between “fake” and “real” isn’t a relevant one so long as they still get the job done, and (2) the purpose of a living thing is to be the thing that it is.  The idea of a “useless person” is as semantically nonsensical as the idea of “pretend kindness” (or fake cutlery).

[pyrrhiccomedy]

I love this post. It illustrates what I think is maybe the key difference between a developing self-identity and a formed self-identity, which is, like…confidence? If you are BEING kind, consistently, if you are prioritizing that over your own comfort or fatigue or even, occasionally, your emotional inclination (because OH MY GOD FUCK THIS GUY, I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE–uuughhh, but no, I’m not gonna lash out at him, that won’t accomplish anything, and besides, he’s probably had a bad day, he’s under a lot of stress, I don’t have to be an asshole about this…), guess what? That makes you kind. That is literally what kindness is. Same for patience, same for strength, same for all of this stuff. You got it. You’re doing it. You’re not faking anything. Stop second-guessing yourself and cutting yourself down. Give yourself enough credit to look at your actions and confidently assert to yourself that you are no longer just making things up as you go. 

[carrotflowered]

if you’re thinking something nice about someone you should always say it

[natalieloving]

this just hit me really hard

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Kindness Campaign: @chatmant

Hey everyone! We’ve been informed that @chatmant​, the creator of the Primordial AU, is in need of a good helping of kindness!

Within the past year, this valued member of the fandom has suffered several setbacks, including  losing her home and having to move back in with her family. So today, let’s send them some love and kindness. We are asking you to send asks, art, messages and shoutout posts! As long as it demonstrates how much you love and appreciate this wonderful person!

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Kindness Campaign: @chatmant

Hey everyone! We’ve been informed that @chatmant​, the creator of the Primordial AU, is in need of a good helping of kindness!

Within the past year, this valued member of the fandom has suffered several setbacks, including  losing her home and having to move back in with her family. So today, let’s send them some love and kindness. We are asking you to send asks, art, messages and shoutout posts! As long as it demonstrates how much you love and appreciate this wonderful person!

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

Being a good person is a choice. Don’t let people fool you into believing that truly good people never have bad thoughts, are never tempted by the easier path, by the low road, never mess up or act out selfishly. Never believe a person can be good without making a conscious effort.

Every single time you do something good, you’ve made a decision to make the world a little brighter.

Goodness is not an inherent trait, it is a choice. Keep making it! I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m rooting for you!

[saltydorkling-deactivated202503]

Kindness is an action. Never forget that. You are the only person in this entire world to have to live with your thoughts – the rest of us have to live with your actions.

[ladybugpositivityproject]

i want to thank @emeralddrop for organizing project - ml and helping to give really good content for the fandom to enjoy . he honestly needs more attention and love for what he’s done !!!!

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WOOHOO! Thanks for everything you do for us @emeralddrop Stay Miraculous!!!

[miraculousactsofkindness]

For everyone in who needs to hear this yesterday, today and tomorrow. What songs uplift you? Feel free to submit them on our page, so we can share them with the fandom and anyone else who needs them!

[ladybugpositivityproject]

i admire @breeeliss a lot bc she fuckin wrecks people who are being disgusting on the internet hell yeah also her writing is Amazing

[miraculousactsofkindness]

@breeeliss is indeed a wonderful protector of the fandom!!! We recognize your efforts, and are very grateful to have such a Miraculous person as you on the fandom’s side!!!

[sadrien]

If you're abandoning fanfics, I hope you abandon wanna chat too, because then maybe a good chat fic will be known instead of that shit

mk

[agrestenoir]

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@agrestenoir is a precious and perfect bean! Thank you for this positivity towards one of the fandom’s best authors!!!