Being Kind

"There are many reasons to be kind, but perhaps none is as compelling as the spiritual fact that it is what we do.  It is what quietly feeds the world." Mark Nepo

Mark Nepo expands on the above quote with a story of a holy man who prayed daily in the Ganges River.  For several days he would see a poisonous spider struggling in the water, and he would cup his hands and lift the spider to shore --- where it would sting him.  His prayers for the world diluted the poison, so he was not harmed.  After several days, the spider upon being carried to the shore asked the holy man why he kept saving him, as he had to know the spider would always sting him, as that is what spiders do.  The holy man answered, "because that is what I do."

We, too, can be stung by being kind.  People will misunderstand and rebuke us.  But, that is not the reason we are kind.  We are kind because that is what mature people do.  Is there one small act of kindness you can do today -- preferably one for which you do not get recognition?