Ambimama - India

These words of Khaleel Gibran will make me start a good day.
Kindness:
You are good when you walk to your
goal firmly and with bold steps.
Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.
Even those who limp go not backward.
But you who are strong and swift, see
that you do not limp before the lame,
deeming it kindness.
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Pain:
AND a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain.
And he said:
Your pain is the breaking of the shell
that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must
break, that its heart may stand in the
sun, so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in
wonder at the daily miracles of your life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous
than your joy;