You can be kind to animals,kind to the paper boy,kind to every stranger who crosses your path.
But kindness to strangers is not the measure of our character.Kindness at home is the real test.
Strangers don't carry our history.And strangers don,t activate our wounds.And strangers don't mirror back the parts of us that we have avoided for years.Our spouse does.Our children do.Our home does.
And here is the uncomfortable truth that most people dodge .If all of your graciousness is saved for strangers,that's not kindness,that's image management.
Kindness to strangers might make people like you.
Kindness to your spouse makes you trustworthy.
Kindness to strangers creates an image.
Kindness at home creates a person of character.
If we are kind everywhere except our own house, that's not kindness, that's performance.That's image management dressed up as a virtue.
Be kind to our family members and be patient with each of them.
