"I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter." -- Alice Childress
I have many regrets in my life. For things I've done. For things I haven't done. But never have I regretted a kindness extended. I have never considered extendinng kindnesses a waste, either of time or effort or funds.
What I do regret, however, are those times when I witihheld a kindness, when I was too busy, too lazy, too selfish to lift another. And do we all not need a lift occasionally? I know I do. An unexpected phone call, a card in the mail, a kind word, all of these brighten my day and my spirit. And when my spirit is brightened, I am more able to give to others. We might call it serial kindness.
This I know for sure: kindness is contagioius. And, unfortunately, so is unkindness.
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