#kindness

Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning friends and delivered in plastic containers, even the popular habit of making poster boards filled with photos of the dear departed. But now I know why we do those things. It's busywork, all of it. I had so much to take care of, so many arrangements to make, so many people to inform, I didn't have a moment to be engulfed by the ocean of grief that was lapping at my heels. Instead, I waded through the shallows, performing task after task, grateful to have duties to propel me forward. ↗

— Wendy Webb

#condolence #death #grief #kindness #sympathy

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#kindness #life #dreams

I want to be the kind of person that kind people like and want to be like. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#admire #aspiration #aspire #character #desire

Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#kindness #truth #faith

People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness. ↗

— Sanaya Roman

#inspirational #kindness #self-love #forgiveness

I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#encouragement #friendship #good-fortune #heroes #interaction

Some love comes like the wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness." - Carline ↗

— Raymond E. Feist

#friendzone #kindness #love #love-at-first-sight #friendship

On the way home I absently minded (you know what I mean) went through a stop sign in Hyannis so of course there was a police car to apprehend me. A soft answer turnethed away wrath, fortunately. ↗

— Edward Gorey

#kindness #speeding #home

Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad before Jesus Christ. ↗

— James Gavin

#atheist #christ #christian #fair #gavin

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime. We should all smile more often. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #kindness #smile #inspirational