Juko, also known as Tina Jay, and manifesting on the microblogging service Twitter as @BuddhistGirl, has been tweeting with relentless positivity for many months.
While others discuss the weather, the latest TV gossip, politics, the weather, or what they had for lunch, @BuddhistGirl steadfastly tweets thoughts of lovingkindness.
For a few months she vanished, and I missed her. Then, like the blessing of the sun reappearing from behind a cloud after a long storm, she came back.
I’ve collected some of BuddhistGirl’s tweets here, and offer them as a beautiful collection of thoughts inspiring lovingkindness.
Despite the title of this post, I haven’t reproduced 1000 of Juko’s tweets. In fact she hasn’t written that number herself. But she’s on the way, and I wish her well.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to think of someone we have difficulty with & send them kind thoughts – may this seed blossom into peace & ease.
- May this moment find you nourished & satisfied in all aspects of your life, may you feel peaceful, happy, liberated & safe.
- Are you being kind to yourself?
- @Buddhistgirl Invites us to touch the peace & calm that is always one breath away; may this next moment bring you blessings, love, health & ease.
- Can we find a dose of kindness for a difficult person today? May this action plant a seed that blossoms into ease, grace, and joy.
- May this moment find you happy, may it find you calm & centered, may you feel safe & loved enough to be kind in an unexpected way.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to send lovingkindness to the next person we see: may this precious being know joy, health, and freedom from suffering.
- Breathing in, wishing calm, ease, and grace to all who are bracing for the storm.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to send love to the part of ourselves we most dislike. What a gift for our beautiful Buddha natures, to love this way.
- Are you being kind to yourself? Makes it much easier to be kinder to others.
- How about an act of kindness to someone in your vicinity? A smile for a stranger, a kiss for your beloved, a deep breath for yourself?
- May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be free from suffering. May you move through life with grace and ease.
- Breathing in, I think of all who are struggling in this moment. May we move through our challenges with grace and ease.
- Wishing safety, peace, ease & equanimity to all sentient beings : If we are calm, our hearts can not be moved by any storm.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to consider that we are OK, just as we are. Nothing to change or take away, only Buddha nature, wrapped up in humanity.
- @Buddhistgirl Is wondering if we can breathe and be kind – not only for the person who receives our kindness, but for our own budding Buddha natures.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to be patient with ourselves in this moment; may you be kind, loving, & easy on yourself.
- In this moment, I pause and breathe – a powerful antidote to minor irritation. Join me.
- Wishing safety, peace, ease & equanimity to all sentient beings : If we are calm, our loving kind hearts can not be moved by any storm.
- @Buddhistgirl is now wishing you are safe, happy, healthy, and able to connect to the peace of this moment (even if it is buried in chaos).
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to pause, breathe, and proceed with more kindness toward ourselves; it is my prayer this act of love reveals your Buddha nature.
- @Buddhistgirl is wishing anyone who reads this courage, patience, deep joy & calm – can we pass this sincere wish on by breathing & being kind?
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to adjust our internal dialogue: May we be honest with ourselves without being harsh, unkind, impatient, or judgmental.
- May you be happy and healthy; may you move through these next moments with ease.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to adjust our internal dialogue: May we be honest with ourselves without being harsh, unkind,impatient, or judgmental.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to send lovingkindness to the next person we see: May they be happy, know peace, find freedom, & move through life with ease.
- May you be happy, may you be healthy, may this moment find you moving through life with grace & ease.
- @Buddhistgirl is wishing anyone who reads this courage, patience, deep joy & calm – can we pass this sincere wish on by breathing & being kind?
- May you be happy, may you be healthy, may this moment be full of joy; may you move through this day with grace & ease.
- Can we send some lovingkindness to ourselves & someone we have hurt? May we each cultivate empathy & freedom from guilt & blame.
- In this moment, I pause, breathe, and wish nothing but ease, comfort, safety, and joy for all beings; join me.
- Practicing Tonglen for all sentient beings in Japan; join me. https://tinyurl.com/Tonglen
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to engage in a small act of generosity – money, a smile, whatever we have to give – who could use what we have to offer?
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to touch the peace & calm that is always one breath away; may this next moment bring you blessings, love, health & ease.
- Grace, ease, safety, and joy…
- …all available in this next breath.
- May you be happy and healthy; may you move through these next moments with ease.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to breathe, reset, and invigorate our next actions with care and kindness.
- Can we send some lovingkindness to ourselves, and then to someone we have hurt? May we each cultivate empathy & freedom from guilt & blame.
- In this moment, I pause, breathe, and wish nothing but ease, comfort, safety, and joy for all beings; join me.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to be patient with ourselves in this moment; may you be kind, loving, peaceful, & easy on yourself (at least for this 1 breath!)
- @Buddhistgirl invites you to perform a small act of kindness for someone you love: may you both know happiness, deep peace, compassion, and ease.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to send wishes of peace,calm, & ease to a difficult person. Breathe & consider we are all doing the best we can in each moment.
- May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you feel safe & loved, may you move through life with ease.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to an act of kindness (small or large) to a being in our vicinity – potent water for our budding Buddha natures.
- @Buddhistgirl reminds us it’s easier to be loving & kind to others when we are loving & kind to ourselves.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to send lovingkindness to the last person who hurt our feelings: may we move on to healing, peace, joy & restoration.
- @Buddhistgirl invites us to be patient with ourselves in this moment; may you be kind, loving, & easy on yourself.
- Everything is going to be okay.
- Silly me, everything is already okay.
- Wherever you are in the unfolding of your day, may you find the strength & resources to be genuinely kind to yourself…
- Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I inhabit the present moment fully & with deep compassion for myself & all beings.
- Wherever you are in the unfolding of your day, may you find the strength & resources to be genuinely kind to yourself…
- …may this act of self-compassion spill over to each being you encounter, may you respond to any challenges that arise with grace & ease.
- Can we take a moment & be kind to ourselves? Can this act of love & patience spill over into our actions & attitudes toward others today?
- How might you integrate kindness (especially for yourself) into your daily routine?
- What actions, great or small, might demonstrate the value that compassion holds in your life this upcoming week?
- Breathing in, may I choose to be kind to myself & others. Breathing out, may these seeds find fertile ground and blossom into joy.
- Under the surface of our mundane tasks & interactions is an opportunity to move each other closer to the heart of our true selves: Joy, peace, kindness & enlightenment…
- What a gift, to be able to take a breath & reset our perspective. What a privilege, to have the capacity to choose kindness & gratitude.
- At this very moment, here sits another being wishing – sincerely- for your comfort, ease, safety & deep peace.
- Are you being kind to yourself?
- I arise & set a strong intention: To breathe when my harshest self emerges, to smile & conjure kindness for myself & those around me.
- How about a warm smile for the next person you see? How about doing it with no attachment to whether it is returned?
- Stopping, breathing & wishing peace, ease, grace & joy to everyone who reads these words.
- Every being you encounter knows what it is like to be afraid, hurt, & unsure -Even your boss, and the difficult people in your life.
- Each moment is full of choices – here is a wish that you find the resources to risk being kind in an unexpected way.
- Can we take a breath & be curious about how a dose of genuine compassion might change the thing we are most worried about?
- How about an act of kindness to the next person we see? An expression of gratitude, a sincere compliment, an authentic smile…
- Each moment = a chance to open our hearts, loosen our attachment to being “right” & soften the muscles in our face into a smile.
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I have so far resisted Twitter. But this may make me succumb.
I know how you feel, Caroline, I resisted Twitter for ages. But I'm a recent convert. Twitter is what you make it. I find it most helpful for many reasons. And I have just added @Buddhistgirl on my profile.
Thanks for the article.
I am taking inspiration from Juko - I too shall tweet thoughts of loving-kindness each day............. what a lovely practice!