Kindness is a core virtue of any healthy and loving relationship.

A few months ago, I asked one of my six grandsons what he liked best about this school year. He replied, my teacher. I asked him what is was that he liked about his teacher. He said, she is kind. He had such softness in his eyes. I will always remember that exchange as it was so poignant, and it also lead to the title of my new web site. This particular young man is a scholar, however I was thinking about how important it is for those students who have learning disabilities or emotional problems to have a kind teacher. What a blessed environment to learn in. Many of the people that I have worked with in the past 30 years have not had parents, teachers or significant people in their lives that were kind. This has created many problems that are addressed in counseling sessions, and therefore kindness is a solution to many peoples problems. One of those solutions is learning to be kind to ourselves, not in a selfish way, but to treat ourselves with the same love and kindness that Christ has asked us to give to ourselves and one another. nf