Kindness

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   "Pure religion manifests itself through acts of kindness." Science of Mind, p 499
   
   

   The Dalai Lama has said the same thing:  that his religion is kindness.  Perhaps there can be no religion without kindness.  We all have known people who profess great faith, but are unkind to others.  Perhaps we have even done that ourselves at times.  As caregivers, perhaps the greatest quality to be called forth from us is kindness.  We listen to the stories and complaints and hallucinations of our loved one.  We listen, we draw him or her out into areas we know were areas of interest, we are kind.  I often try to draw my loved one into a memory of history, as he knew more about history than any person I have ever known.  I also talk with him about memories we have shared, trips we have taken, we laugh about the broom we used to sweep the floor in Russia.  Kindness.  It blesses our loved one and it blesses us.