Kindness Counts

“Three things in human life are important:

the first is to be kind; 

the second is to be kind; 

and the third is to be kind.”

~Henry James

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice...

“A man’s wisdom  gives him patience;  it is to his glory  to overlook an  offense."

(Proverbs 19:11)

Francis Bacon. (1561–1626).  Essays Civil and Moral. The Harvard Classics.  1909–14. IV Of Revenge

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince’s part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters. There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong’s sake; but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like. Therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong merely out of ill-nature, why, yet it is but like the thorn or briar, which prick and scratch, because they can do no other. The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed the revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a man’s enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh. This is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent. But base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable; You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: Shall we (saith he) take good at God’s hands, and not be content to take evil also? And so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Public revenges are for the most part fortunate; as that for the death of Cæsar; for the death of Pertinax; for the death of Henry the Third of France; and many more. But in private revenges it is not so. Nay rather, vindictive persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they unfortunate.

Demonstrating Compassionate Awareness

Compassion is the ability to demonstrate empathetic awareness and sympathetic understanding of someone else's concerns, situations, or feelings 

along with the selflessness to show and act

to alleviate their pain or situation,

 during their time of need.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

When should you, "hold your tongue"?

“Learning to hold your tongue at the right moment,

at the right time, in the right place, could be the very thing that saves a meaningful relationship!

Most of the time—the thing that you'd like
to say about or to that person...

they already know!

LOL!

This is not easy,

but patience is a fruit

of the spirit.”

~Richmond Kodua

Choose to be...

Wherever you go, whatever you do:

Choose to be kind to those around you.

~Kim Franklin-Magana 

Kindness is a gift!

Kindness is a gift that you freely give to the world, strangers, and loved ones. There are no strings attached, just the organic nature of random kindness is the purity from which it comes and touches someone’s life to uplift and bring them joy!

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Remember...Creativity is delicate.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

~Unknown   

Words...

Kind words 
can be short and easy to speak,

but their echoes are truly endless.

~Mother Teresa