If the number of "Be kind" T-shirts and books on the virtues of kindness are any indicators, kindness is making a big comeback now. This doesn't seem surprising. With our modern lives saturated with transactional interactions, kindness is the opposite. When you see someone today, remember to be kind; you never know how much one small true gift may mean in that moment. - Ameeta
"Being a strong man includes being kind and there's nothing weak about kindness and compassion." - Barack Obama
Editor's Note: If the number of "Be kind" T-shirts and books on the virtues of kindness are any indicators, kindness is making a big comeback now. This doesn't seem surprising. With our modern lives saturated with transactional interactions, kindness is the opposite. When you see someone today, remember to be kind; you never know how much one small true gift may mean in that moment. - Ameeta
Kindness In the News
A church in LA wiped out an astounding $5.3 million in medical debt for thousands of low-income LA residents by working with a debt-forgiveness non-profit agency.
A KindSpringer describes how receiving a kind message from an old friend unexpectedly helped heal a wound created by another friend - your kind words mean far more than you know.
You're not going to kill them with kindness - you'll do just the opposite. Here's a great short discussion of a few recent books on the virtues of kindness.
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