Kindness Wanted
"I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." ~ Gandalf (J. R. R. Tolkein ~ The Hobbit There's an old anecdote about a Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. I think it's safe to say many feel that these times are more "interesting" than we might like. Pandemic, economic uncertainty, racial issues, and all of this in an election year no less! What can we do? I would like to suggest kindness. Intentional, radical kindness. Let's be good to each other. Let's take masking, for example. These pieces of cloth have become very contentious. I have friends on either side, and I have advice for both. Masking friends, you will not persuade others to put masks on with humiliation or intentional shaming. You don't make friends with "you just want people to die". But a friend, if you stay kind, just might put on a mask for you, even if they don't wan...