The Need for Greater Kindness

This is a great talk and goes right along with the most recent becoming topic - charity is kind. I love this line taken from President Hinckley's talk, "Why do any of us have to be so mean and unkind to others? Why can't all of us reach out in friendship to everyone about us?" Maybe these are a few questions that we could think about ourselves. Enjoy the few selected quotes - to read the talk in its entirety click on the title below.

The Need for Greater Kindness
President Gordon B. Hinckley

Priesthood Session April 2006

Next is the manner in which his newfound friend Richard treated him. It was totally opposite from his previous experience. It led to his conversion and baptism in the face of terrible odds.
This kind of miracle can happen and will happen when there is kindness, respect, and love. Why do any of us have to be so mean and unkind to others? Why can't all of us reach out in friendship to everyone about us? Why is there so much bitterness and animosity? It is not a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

There is no end to the good we can do, to the influence we can have with others. Let us not dwell on the critical or the negative. Let us pray for strength; let us pray for capacity and desire to assist others. Let us radiate the light of the gospel at all times and all places, that the Spirit of the Redeemer may radiate from us.