“Kindness is the touch of an angel’s hand.” … James L. Gordon

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Kindness is a way of life

I truthfully cannot imagine any moment in life where I would think the touch of an angel to be insignificant. Surely the angels that demonstrate great kindness, don’t consider their blessings to be easily dismissed. But then, true kindness is not about recognition, or acclaim. It is simply selfless concern for another.

Kindness has no need for loudness to make itself heard. It changes lives with small steps, quiet whispers, gentle nudges. Kindness touches the hearts of others by opening doors, smiling graciously, listening intently, and loving deeply.

It is selfless, it is unconcerned with outcome, and it is a profound gift of Divine interaction between two people.

 The other day, as I waited at an intersection overcrowded with construction, I watched a policeman take the hand of a disabled woman, and walk her safely out of harm’s way. Policemen are supposed to act in ways such as this. They are trained to protect and serve.

Not for a second do I doubt that this man has a good heart, and did what he did out of genuine concern for the woman. What he did is significant enough for me to write about it.

But, kindness is not a matter of significance. It just is. Life does not stop to shower accolades upon a giver of kindness, nor to lead the recipient to the promised land. Life goes along on its merry way as if nothing ever happened, and leaves us to decide how things such as these are remembered.

Kindness is a way of life. It is who we are, not what we do.

If we are truly kind, loving, generous, and willing, then everything we do is an act of kindness.

There is no need for significance.