Faith轻松电台：Be Kind to Yourself for a Change 善待自己；做些小改变

The word kindness is made up of two syllables¹-KIND and NESS. KIND means forgiving, warm-hearted, friendly, of a sympathetic or helpful nature, gentle, merciful, and tender. NESS is a suffix² that means a state, condition, quality or degree. When the two syllables are combined they result in the following definition: KINDNESS: The quality or state of being warm-hearted, considerate, humane³ and sympathetic.

Welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. Doing things differently for a change is as good as a rest. Be kind to yourself, make small changes in your life, and rest in the process:

You may send yourself some flowers, a card, or buy a small inexpensive gift. Or take a long relaxing walk; reflect on the scenery and environment around you. Bring a CD player to work and softly play classical music in the background while you work on reports, presentations or read the volumes of paperwork you receive each day.

You may start writing in a personal journal; record as many positive thoughts, actions-whatsoever is lovely about you. Or re-start your hobbies, or get a new haircut or style.

Go all out to do something kind and compassionate⁴ for yourself. Respect yourself, forgive yourself. Choose to move forward instead of remaining stuck in the past or replaying a mistake you made over and over again in your mind.

This is Faith at Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax. The point is: you must plan to do something kind for yourself, and then stick to that plan. Our lives are much too busy these days to let it fall to chance or when you get around to it. Being kind to yourself will ultimately result in your being kind to others.

1 syllables   

n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a word with two syllables 双音节单词
• 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2 suffix   

n.后缀；vt.添后缀

参考例句：

• We add the suffix "ly" to make the adjective "quick" into the adverb " quickly ".我们在形容词“ quick”后加“ly” 构成副词“quickly”。
• It described the meaning of suffix array and also how to built it.它描述的含义，后缀数组以及如何建立它。

3 humane   

adj.人道的，富有同情心的

参考例句：

• Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗？
• Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。

4 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。