Purposely Kind 

Kindness is an achievement few of us master

It is rare that we meet a wholly kind person. We have pockets of kindness reserved for special people and situations, but to be wholly kind is difficult. It requires commitment and purposeful actions. So many of our unkind actions stem from the unconscious: a spoken word that wounds in a split second; an off-handed remark makes haste toward the intended target; the temptation of innuendo that cannot be resisted only to land at the feet of one who understands all to well. 
     Kindness requires vigilance and intention, the kind of intention that means you've done something on purpose. It requires the ability to act, opposed to reacting from a small and demanding ego. Kindness is an intelligent man's behavior, one that springs from the    Continue