Kindness does not always come in the guise we expect Kindness is something many of us aspire to and everyone appreciates, however many people have a naive idea of what kindness is. So what is kindness? We recognise certain manifestations of kindness and not others, especially when we're on the receiving end of it. What is kindness? Basically, it's helping others, giving  up our time in order to do things for them, things that we think will help them. We recognise kindness when it comes in these forms Being gentle Saying nice things about someone Smiling and enquiring after one's health and well-being Being generous in time and/or money Hugs Being polite Being nice Long term kindness may look very different However, kindness doesn't always look like this; for example, when a child runs onto the road, is it kinder to say gently, darling please don't run on the road, or to yell, get off the road?  For the benefit of the child the latter is surely preferable because they … [Read more...]