The Hidden Words (continued)

I worked for about 40 years on learning to possess a pure heart. Then a few years ago I started noticing a lot of unkindness in my posts in Internet discussions. That might surprise some people. Some people have told me I'm very kind. Maybe they see me trying not to do any harm to anyone, and showing concern about people's feelings, and learning to walk with and work with abused and marginalized people. I do see a lot of kindness in my intentions.

I became aware of unkindness in my posts, and I started seeing much more in the idea of kindness than I had ever seen before. I'm not sure which came first. Anyway, I decided that even though I'm still a long way from having a pure heart, it might be time to focus on kindness. Then maybe in twenty years I'll focus on radiance. I don't want to wait 40 years this time.