IT COST YOU LITTLE OR NOTHING TO BE KIND

Until today, I have never met an unkind Steemian here. My recent encounter with one has led me to write this post.  

  What is Kindness?  

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

Kindness is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and a concern for others. It is known as a virtue, and is recognized as a value in many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). 

[1] Aristotle, in Book II of his "Rhetoric", defines it as being "helpfulness towards someone in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped". 

[2] Nietzsche argued that kindness and love are the "most curative herbs and agents in human intercourse". 

[3] Kindness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues. 

[4] In Meher Baba's teachings, God is synonymous with kindness: "God is so kind that it is impossible to imagine His unbounded kindness!"  

Could Someone be Unkind without Knowing? 

The answer is; Yes. So many people are unaware that their actions or speech could be unkind.  

Here is the easiest way to help you know if you are unkind to others; 80% 0f times, it doesn’t really matter to you how the other person(s) would feel about what you say or do. 

Does it cost much to be Kind?  

No. Most times, it cost us very little or absolutely nothing to be kind. However, the rewards for kindness are unfathomable. 

Here is a short story on kindness.  

A poor boy was selling goods from one door to another to pay for his studies. One day he found that he had only one dime left, and he was hungry. While approaching the next house, he decided to ask for a meal. 

But when a young woman has opened the door, he only dared to ask for a glass of water. She looked at him and understood that probably the boy is hungry. So she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it and then asked how much he owed her. The woman replied: „You don‘t own me anything. Mother taught us never to accept pay for a kindness“. „Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart“, – he said and felt that now is stronger not only physically, but his faith in God has grown as well. The boy‘s name was Howard Kelly. 

Many years have passed. One day that woman became seriously ill. Local doctors could not help her. Therefore they sent her to a big city, where her rare disease would be studied by specialists. Dr Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he entered her room in the hospital, he immediately recognized the woman, that showed kindness to him, when he was poor. The doctor was determined to do his best to help her recover from her disease. 

The struggle was long, but together they managed to overcome her illness. After some time the woman received a bill for her treatment. She was worried that the amount to pay would be so significant, that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it. Finally, when the woman looked at the bill, she noticed words that were written on the side of the bill. The words were: "Paid in full with a glass of milk". inspirationalstories.eu  

How do we react to people’s unkindness towards us?  

It is a popular saying that for every action, there is an equal reaction. So we tend to return the unkindness most times with unkindness. But that’s wrong, two wrongs make no right. 

I suffered unkind words from a steemian today. His words to me were harsh and unkind, what I did was to block him on steemit chat. That was a major defeat on my side. I would have done better. 

Most times, the people that really need kindness are those who do not have it in their nature. We really need to start loving and being kind to them in spite of themselves. Most of them have this aggressive nature, because they have repeatedly suffered unkindness especially from childhood.  

The best way to react to people’s unkindness towards us, is to show them how to be kind, by being kind to them.

Tips on How to Show Kindness.  

• Write a note to someone you appreciate 
• Say a kind word to someone you don’t know. 
• Tip someone who doesn’t normally get tips 
• Offer a helping hand to someone who doesn’t deserve it 
• Try not to reply any unkind word in same manner 
• Be kind enough to love those who hate you. 

 ARE YOU A KIND PERSON? IF YOU ARE NOT, I HOPE THIS POST WILL HELP YOU START BEING KIND. 

My very good friend @surpassinggoogle your kind nature is rubbing off on me. I really appreciate you. 

@infovore, your kind tips was very helpful. Thanks a lot.  

KINDNESS IS A VIRTUE THAT WILL MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR MANKIND