Sunday, May 07, 2006

Antidote

A quote from Henry James: "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."

My daughter sent me this. Kindness is the quality she values most in a person.

How timely! I was hardly a kind, compassionate person today, as I zipped around, full of beans and trying to get lots done. I was in fact impatient and argumentative. Grumpy and impatient. Did I mention I was short of patience?

She could not know that, so her choosing to send the quote (a forward from an old, dear friend) was serendipitous.

1 comment:

Jen said...

Oh! That is a nice piece of serendipity. I hope that today is kinder to you -- my yesterday was pretty bleak, but today has been much better.