Kindness is doable.
Kindness seems easier than being perfect or saintly.
The bumper sticker motto, "Just Be Nice" seems achievable.
It's a modern take on The Golden Rule, which says we are to love our neighbors as our self. But how do you love your neighbor if you are not gentle with your own flaws and shortcomings?
That is the gist of this beautiful radio program:
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2011/what-we-nurture/transcript.shtml
I understood clearly Dr. Boorstein's analogy of the forgiving, unflustered GPS. With every mistaken turn, the machine calmly says, "Recalculating" and gets you back on the right path. No matter how many times you make a wrong turn, without judgment or frustration, it merely replies, "Recalculating."
What if we could turn off the static and turn on our inner GPS? How much simpler life's journey could be if we could simply forgive ourselves our numerous slips and detours.
This resulting kindness would then allow us to nurture others on their own path. No one walks alone, if they show kindness to another.
Be well.
