{"id":786,"date":"2015-06-03T22:34:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=786"},"modified":"2015-06-03T22:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:34:43","slug":"what-kindness-and-confidence-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2015\/06\/what-kindness-and-confidence-have-in-common.html","title":{"rendered":"What Kindness and Confidence Have in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"

No writer wants to really believe less is more. We truthfully just want to keep verbalizing and externalizing to our hearts content.<\/p>\n

Only, as always, a short and powerful thought can knock out a verbose heavyweight.<\/p>\n

When life makes us vulnerable we rely on the kindness of others in a way we never before imagined. Even more to the point, we begin to recognize sharply those who lack kindness in our moment of need and instead exchange it with criticism…inflicting even more wounds to the wounded.<\/p>\n

Kindness is the most confident form of love.<\/p>\n

It is simply giving love away – love that was never meant to be held onto in the first place. Confident people throw love around because internally they have enough to never run out.<\/p>\n

Kindness is the most confident form of love (I hope you tweet this, Facebook it, spread it).<\/p>\n

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