Are You Too Busy to Be Kind?
“Never be so busy as not to think of others.” — Mother Teresa
In our busy days, we can be so caught up with our tasks that we forget how to treat others with kindness and gentleness. When other people get in the way, asking for help, or needing our attention, we can quickly brush them off or even get a bit angry and rude.
However, soon after we have accomplished our business, we may feel that we have not been as happy or satisfied as we expected to be. We may even feel empty within, unable to identify whatever it was that we lacked.
We soon discover that it isn’t usually the things we aimed for that can satisfy our souls. Even the things we get to buy for ourselves can’t give us lasting joy.
What can make us happy is a life filled with love, and in order for love to bloom, we need to practice gentleness.
Gentleness takes time
It is like a seed that slowly grows or a tree that bears fruit in due season.
There is a certain rhythm to nature that speaks about tenderness. We can see it in the way a butterfly lands upon a flower, or in the gentle breeze that blows upon the grass.
We too can learn tenderness
We can start by taking the time to smile, to breathe for a moment, or to merely pause and look at others with that tender look of love.
May I Be Gentle
May I be gentle as I speak
May I be meek
Let my words not break
A soul so frail.
May I be gentle as I hear
May I be tender
Let me not condemn
A heart already burdened.
May I be gentle as I move
May I be careful
Let me not hurt
A weakened man.
May I be like You, O, Jesus
May I be gentle
Like a mother so sweet
And so tender with her child.
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5, WEB)
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