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Show ( Read it all and profit. Its worth far more than the little you pay for it. ) Inspirations KINDNESS IS A RELIGION "Kind hearts are more than coronets." Another poet has said that all this old word needs is "just the art of being kind." Kindness is somewhat of a religion, and when we make it loving kindness we have one of the finest flowerings that can issue from the human soul. A homeless orphan boy who was kicked and cuffed about, driven hither and yon, overworked and underfed by one master after another, was taken very ill and died with these sad words upon his lips: "Why couldn't they have been a little kinder?" And that is one of the eternal questions. What cheer they could add, what happiness they could bring, what compassion and tenderness might be inspired if people practised kindness toward one another, Kindness roots from the heart and from the home. It is sweetest in childhood and youth, and it should run on into old age to make the pathway brighter even unto the end. Few persons ever forget an act of real kindness. Each of us has a remembered moment when the pulse beat faster and joy mounted higher because of some kindness kind-ness which lifted us up and filled our soul. No one can be wholely unresponsive to kindness. It is the sunshine of life. It is one of the royal virtues, one of the fine fruits of the divinity within. One of the best memories that can hallow our days is that of some kindness bestowed or some kindness kind-ness received. How the world needs kindness. Instead of men spreading spread-ing bitterness they should go about spreading the beauty and grace, the affection and comradeship, the understanding understand-ing and the joy that come from "just the art of being kind." kind." C.N.L. |