Be More Kind, My Friend.
This refrain comes from a song by Frank Turner.
Here are selected lyrics:
“History’s been leaning on me lately
I can feel the future breathing down my neck
And all the things I thought were true
When I was young, and you were too
Turned out to be broken
And I don’t know what comes next
In a world that has decided
That it’s going to lose its mind
Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind
We’ve stopped talking to each other
And there’s something wrong with that
So before you go out searching
Don’t decide what you will find
Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind
You should know you’re not alone”
Kindness emerges and blossoms from the value we place on others.
People who run over others in a quest for wealth gain an empty prize—money they cannot enjoy because they are impoverished on the inside.
They stomped on the real wealth — other people.
By cultivating kindness, we bring good into the lives of others.
This take many forms—speaking encouraging words to a child, listening to an elderly person, making a meal for a sick friend, someone who has lost a job, or …
A leader named Peter wrote in a letter (1 Peter 3:8) centuries ago to his community “to sum it up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, kindhearted, and humble in spirit.”
