I am very sad about the amount of unkindness that I witness almost everyday. The major expression of this is through the abuse of power by dysfunctional persons who choose to abuse their power in order to feel better about themselves. Many stories of this absence of kindness can be heard in all facets of our lives. This beautiful poem by Naomi Shihab Nye is instructive. I hope that you will be inspired by it as I have been for a long time. May it encourage you to be a little