How Kind Are You, Really?

Years ago Jean-Jacques Rousseau asked, "What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?".  After coming across his quote, I started to think and ask the question, "How kind am I, really?".  After reflection, I concluded there are plenty of opportunities to improve. I discuss ways we can show kindness to loved ones, strangers, pets, and wildlife. I offer suggestions about asking simple questions that can profoundly change minds and hearts of people we talk with everyday.  One key message is the importance of listening with an open mind and heart. Rather than trying to solve a problem for someone else, our quiet listening can be the biggest gift we can offer to someone else. Why? Because their problems belong to them and the solutions for their problems are waiting to be discovered by them deep within their subconscious mind. By offering a quiet, listening ear, those solutions can emerge into their conscious mind. By being kind, we truly can make this world a better place.