Fierce Kindness: Finding Joy While Making a Difference February 20, 2025 Reading Time: 3 min ShareTweetPinShare0 SharesStay kind. Make a difference. Love your life.In our volatile and uncertain world, true happiness comes from a powerful combination: staying kind, making a difference—and loving your life. This isn’t just a feel-good philosophy—it’s a practical approach to living meaningfully in challenging times.You might wonder: How can anyone love their life with everything happening in the world? How can we be happy when others are struggling, life grows more demanding, when we worry about our future—and the future of our planet?This is exactly WHY it’s so important to love your life.The truth is, happy people make a bigger difference. Happy people are kinder and get more done, because they have the energy to step up, to live their values and resilience to keep going when things get tough.Your happiness isn’t selfish—it’s necessary fuel for creating positive change.I believe we need to find a way to LOVE our life precisely because of the challenges our world faces.Sometimes I ask myself, what would someone living in extreme hardship or poverty think of my life? A woman in Afghanistan? A child soldier in Uganda? Someone living in Gaza or Ukraine, anywhere there is war? Would they love this life I have? I also wonder, would they be angry with me for not appreciating the relative freedom, safety and comfort of my life?Choosing to be happy and loving your life isn’t about ignoring problems—it’s about building the strength to overcome them.And we can build the strength we need by:Choosing what we focus on in the world.Consciously noticing—and seeking out—the good things in our lives.And finding ways to create joy and happiness in our lives, however small.Here’s what the fabulous Dr. Brené Brown has to say:Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience—ensuring we’ll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.How Fierce Kindness can helpFierce Kindness offers the 4Cs framework to help us love our life in these difficult times:CONNECT: Forge deep connections with yourself, others—and something greater than yourself. This creates joy, resilience and meaning.CREATE: Actively build the life you want while practicing gratitude for what you have. This dual approach generates both progress and contentment.CONTRIBUTE: Channel your energy into making a difference in areas that matter to you. This transforms frustration and disempowerment into purpose and action.CHOOSE: Make kindness your way of being. Stay kind to yourself and others. This choice ripples outward, creating positive change.Loving our life is a choiceLoving our lives is something we work at. And if you’re reading this, it’s likely you have the resources to make that choice.And it might just be easier than you think.There are many small, day-to-day ways to experience awe, wonder, gratitude and joy—to find happiness and contentment.Finally, here’s a tool to help you create more joy and happiness in your life If you want to try this out, I’ve just updated one of our signature tools to help you create a life you love:Get the What Makes Your Heart Sing ♥ Life Coaching Exercise here >>Wrap-upThere are many people around the world for whom life is hard, who are deeply suffering, barely surviving, experiencing war, violence, starvation, abuse, disease, people who are alone, homeless, stateless.But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t enjoy our lives. In fact it means the exact opposite.It is hopeful and life-affirming to say: I love my life! I choose to love the life I have. My happiness is a priority.This isn’t selfish. It’s not about personal satisfaction—it’s about building the resilience and energy needed to cope with our own hardship and help create a better world.Stay kind. Make a difference. Love your life.The path forward is clear: be kind, do what you can to make a difference—and choose to find joy and happiness along the way.It’s how we create the change we wish to see.Your job is to fill your own cup, so it overflows. Then you can serve others, joyfully. Lisa NicholsIf you liked this, you may also like:12 Meaningful Ways to be Happier (Infographic)Tools to Build Resilience: 2) Cultivate Your Joy and Aliveness7 Easily Doable Ways to Feel Happier and Find Calm through Nature & Connection!Image of Joyful woman grinning on gold background by Kraken ImagesShareTweetPinShare0 SharesLeave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.