Quotes About Kindness

And even if someone is nasty, recognize the safe people who guard your story. They deserve to be in your stable and be trusted with your truth. As for the others? As Scott Stratten, author of UnMarketing says: "Don't try to win over the haters; you're not the jackass whisperer."2 (I will now abuse this phrase with reckless abandon.) That brings

We mustn't use the sorrow of another to reinforce our joy, even unintentionally.

Loved people forgive and encourage, serve and uplift, because they are precious to someone.

A worthy life involves loving as loved folks do, sharing the ridiculous mercy God spoiled us with first. (It really is ridiculous.) It means restoring people, in ordinary conversations and regular encounters. A worthy life means showing up when showing up is the only thing to do.

Jesus created a motley crew, plucking us from every context and inaugurating a piecemeal clan that has only ever functioned with mercy. We should be grabbing hands, throwing our heads back, and laughing that God saved us all, because surely this is the messiest family ever and He loves us anyway. Our shared redemption should keep us grateful and kind, because what other response even makes sense?

You have no other responsibility than to represent Jesus well, which should leave that person feeling absurdly loved, welcomed, cherished.

People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should lead them to only one conclusion:

God is here and we are not alone. We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does. Live long enough and it becomes clear that stuff is not the stuff of life. People are. We need each other, so we probably ought to practice radical grace, because our well-flaunted opinions are cold companions when real life hits.

I pray for your kindness more than your success, because the latter without the former is a tragedy.

When Jesus said to "love your neighbor as yourself," I don't think He meant judgmentally; but that is exactly how we treat our own souls, so it bleeds out to others.

Kindness. This pulls right to the front. Dad and I have lived half our lives or so, and we've known every type of person. The ones that shine outstanding in our memories are the kind ones. We so deeply want you to be tender toward people. Empathizing is key to a wholehearted life. I pray for your kindness more than

Send kindness out in big, generous waves, send it near and far, send it through texts and e-mails and calls and words and hugs, send it by showing up, send it by proximity, send it in casseroles, send it with a well-timed "me too," send it with abandon.

Jesus was tender toward brokenness but impatient toward egotism.

Folks who thrive in God's grace give grace easily, but the self-critical person becomes others-critical.

We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does.

We need not fear that He will say, "You loved too greatly, too liberally, too generously, too shockingly.

There is a clear correlation between how we treat each other and how a watching world will feel about Jesus. What should our neighbors deduce from our loving-kindness toward one another? One, that we obviously belong to Jesus, because what other explanation exists for such beautiful community?

You want to change? Lose the bitch. Be nicer to people. Stop telling them to "bite you" and threatening to kick them until they're dead.

You are loved, loving and loveable.

And still, after all this time,       the Sun has never said to the Earth,       ââ'¬Å"You owe me."       Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky. —Rumi

Even something as minor as leaving a big tip for a waitress, or picking up, instead of passing by, a quarter laying on the street, or letting your neighbor pay you for watching her dog all day, which you totally would have done for free—that's all coming from an energy of abundance and a healthy, happy appreciation for money.

And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky. —Rumi

giving is one of our greatest joys. It's also one of the most fearless and powerful gestures there is.

We need people to feel happy and fulfilled and loved so they don't take their shit out on themselves and other people and the planet and our animal friends.