The Force of Kindness: change your life with love & compassion
by Sharon Salzberg
"Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, feeling the breath as it enters your nostrils, fills your chest and abdomen, and releases. then allow the breath to become natural, without forcing or controlling it. Let your attention rest lightly on the feeling of the breath, like a butterfly resting on a flower, wherever you experience it most distinctly."
"Kindness is the fuel that helps us truly 'walk our talk' of love. It helps us to genuinely care for one another and for ourselves as well. Kindness is the foundation of unselfconscoius generosity, natural inclusivity, and an unfeigned integrity. When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response ... becomes a movement of the heart so deep and subtle that it is like a movement of the sea close to the ocean floor, all but hidden yet affecting everything that happens above."