Kindness demands an enormous amount of self-control, especially when the circumstance is one that would more easily guide emotion and attitude toward bitterness or anger. When it comes easily, things are good; like finding your arms, hands and fingers after steering a car with your teeth.
So, is there ever a reason to be unkind? Sure there are, but are they good ones? All things considered? The principle of kindness is such a comfort to hold onto when a relational compass is sought. It makes a choice simple in its direction toward a certain attitude; even if kindness itself isn't reached, at least its opposites are left behind. Life is good when direction is chosen, when chaos in attitude is solved and replaced with whether or not to be courageous in the pursuit of what is good.
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
-Ephesians 4:31-32
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