Kindness

Many of us worry that our own actions are pointless, that we may never affect the lives of others in a positive way. We cannot know the full outcome of most of what we do, the power of small actions taken daily for the betterment of the world. Yet this much is true: Whatever seeds we sow in others and in ourselves, whatever we plant and care for in the present moment, will always return in some way, shape or form down the road - whether we're there to witness it, or not. It is a law of the universe that no amount of energy we expend in bringing something loving or creative into the world is ever wasted....

Those of us who teach or raise children or look after the sick or dying - which is to say, all of us at some point in our lives - will sow the seeds of love and attention, though we may never see or feel the results of our efforts. A wide-ranging faith allows us to look beyond the now, beyond the doubt and fear, to a time when our love will have assembled a life of its own.

~ James Crews

An excerpt from Kindness Will Save the World, a new book by James Crews that will surely inspire you to welcome kindness more fully into the folds of each day.