Be kinder

Would you rather be Smart or Kind?

The trick is — you’ll never be smart enough.

Kindness is like not drinking. Once you quit, you suddenly see everyone around you is drunk. Same here — unkindness becomes visible at once. Amazing how I used to take it all at face value.

Make decisions from kindness, not from smartness. Notice which gate your thoughts and decisions pass through before they leave you.

Kindness is trainable — the practice has a name: metta.

We walk through life with a shield up, ready to defend against the pain other people’s words and deeds inflict. You can just lower the shield. Take nothing as your own. The dog barks, the wind carries it away.

It’s better to be kind.