Moudarreb Al Aatef | Sarah Jane Arnold

Kindness can be defined as a quality, personal value, and moral habit that influences the way we think, feel, and act toward ourselves, others, and the world. When kindness emerges in our thoughts, it constitutes consideration, concern, imagination, understanding, empathy, validation, acceptance, and non-judgment, and we can perceive kindness in ourselves and in others. When kindness is manifested in our actions, it includes fairness, respect, consideration, support, celebration, kindness, encouragement, willingness to help others, and prosocial behavior (volunteering by doing something to help someone else). We can apply kindness behavior in our daily lives. When we feel compassion, we feel caring, compassion, friendly, understanding, and empathic, and we feel motivated to be compassionate and take action. Kindness, by its very nature, is intrinsically linked to other values ​​important to our happiness such as firmness, self-care, self-respect, gratitude, love, trust, awareness, connectedness, responsibility, affection, altruism, and generosity. Kindness is influenced by our upbringing, our life experience, our current situation, our social context, and our perceptions. Kindness can be offered with the intent of relieving suffering, or as a general way of promoting wonderful feelings such as happiness, thanksgiving, peace of mind, and love. There is a sense of mutual appreciation, a sense of unity and mutual support.