Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.

Setting the intention to practice kindness toward one’s partner or family members or friends does not preclude getting angry or upset.

Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of loving kindness and self-compassion, we can learn to love our flawed and imperfect selves. And in those moments of vulnerability, we open our hearts to connect with each other, as well. We are not perfect, but we are enough.

The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything.

When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love and care for ourselves.

We exercise kindness in any moment when we recognize our shared humanity—with all the hopes, dreams, joys, disappointments, vulnerability, and suffering that implies.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.

It is a great happiness to be able to give.