Kindness Connects Us

"Over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind."
― Sharon Salzberg

Driving into a McDonald's recently, a dear friend of mine saw a homeless man.  When she drove through to buy her food, she bought a gift card and drove back to where the homeless man was to give it to him. As she handed the gift card to him, his eyes filled with tears.  And so did hers.  Nearly always, kindness is something that we share, it connects us to each other, and it touches the giver as well as the one who receives it.