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WHY KINDNESS MATTERS?
Have you ever wondered why kindness is so important? Has there ever been a time where you thought, “Why does it matter that I be kind to someone else?” In a time where positivity often takes a backseat to the negativity we hear and are presented with on a daily basis, we all tend to ask why kindness truly matters. Let’s take a look at some simple yet profound reasons why kindness is as important as it is and may this empower and inspire you and all of your friends, family, and loved ones today.
10 benefits of being kind:
Being good makes us happier. Kindness protects the heart. Kindness slows down aging. Kind people maintain healthy relationships. Kindness is able to relieve pain. Kindness broadens our perspective. Kindness generates kindness and enlightens the world. Kindness favors tolerance, empathy, and compassion. Kindness increases self-esteem. There is no depression that resists goodness
What is kindness?
 Kindness is a noun with measurable and immeasurable uses, referring to endeavors of generosity as well as general feelings of goodwill or friendship. In countless ways, the word kindness is a less specific term referring to sympathy or general warmth;  Goodness is a characteristic of him who has a penchant for good. It is a quality of people who do good deeds.
5 ways to be kind:
1-Really care about people; 2-Be kind to yourself. 3-Avoid judging others 4-Have compassion
5- Love your Neighbour
What is kindness ? Kindness is the quality of one who shows active benevolence towards others, an effective activity that can actually make others happy1. "Kindness: the character of a being sensitive to the evils of others, eager to provide others with well-being or to avoid anything that may make them suffer" 2. It is a quality belonging to the field of morality. Contrary: wickedness.
What is kindness? Two children sharing a soft drink at the White House in Washington, D.C., 1922, from the archives of the Library of Congress
Kindness is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and concern and consideration for others. It is known as a virtue, and is recognized as a value in many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). In Book II of "Rhetoric", Aristotle defines it as being "helpfulness towards someone in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped". Nietzsche considered kindness and love to be the "most curative herbs and agents in human intercourse". Kindness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues. In Meher Baba's teachings, God is synonymous with kindness: "God is so kind that it is impossible to imagine His unbounded kindness!"
Examples of pure kindness
Dogs saved from the street A group of students abdicated their time to save the animals that walk in the street without
food, without water, without owner, in the rainy days they go without homeless. This group went on an adventure, had to arrange a kennel, to the shelter of the dogs rescued in the end managed to rescue thirty dogs and with this gesture managed or improve the world and had a good act.