Kindness

I've been thinking about kindness a lot lately. I watch the Ellen DeGeneres show every weekday and at the end of each episode she thanks the guests on her show and then admonishes all watching to "be kind to one another".
I looked up the word 'kind' in the dictionary. The first definition is, "of a good benevolent nature, or disposition". Other words associated with kind are, helpful, humane, mild and gentle.
I also remembered a verse from the Bible. Ephesians 4:32 says "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you."

It is one of my biggest desires to make this a quality that I possess. I'm not saying that I am not kind, but I desperately want it to be on the forefront of my mind, my thoughts and my actions. It is so important to me to be kind to people for several reasons. One being that it is what people deserve. It is putting myself in other people's shoes. I want to be treated with kindness, therefore I should treat others that way. Plus, this world is filled with enough unkind things, so why would I add to that? Another reason is that God commands it of me. And finally because I want to raise my son in a kind home and conscientiously demonstrate kindness to him so that he may grow up to be a helpful, humane, mild and gentle person.