Reflecting on Christmas. Its a time of year where we celebrate gift giving and faith, perhaps the former rather than the latter. But I think I like to strike a different note, kindness.
Its often said that "all we need is love". Unfortunately we may find it hard to express love to strangers. We have become a society of self-defense. Avoid people, lock doors, don't look at their eyes, be suspicious of people, these have become our mantra. While those things are not bad to do, what do we become when its the main way of how we respond to people? We become inhuman.
Kindness is defined as "the state or quality of being kind" according to Dictionary.com. Quality, I like that word. What qualities do you have? How qualified are you? What quality defines you? Kindness is a quality. Kindness is a quality of love.
Did you know you can defend against somebody and yet still show kindness? It requires a cool head. You keep your defenses up, but you also find ways to show kindness to the person.
In this era of hard times, I think kindness can go a long way.
Great point. Why have we allowed ourselves to become so afraid? Fear is the real enemy, and we have been too easily manipulated by the very feeling itself. Thanks for the reminder. Kindness takes courage. How brave is everyone feeling today?
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