Of all the apostolates open to all of us the most effective, the most far-reaching, and the most consoling is KINDNESS. Kindness is one of God’s best gifts to the world. It drives gloom and darkness from souls; puts hope into fainting hearts; sweetens sorrow and lessens pain; discovers unsuspected beauties of human character; calls forth a response from all that is best in souls; purifies, glorifies, and enables all that it touches; opens the floodgates of laughter; gathers the tears of repentant love; lightens the burdens of weariness; stops the torrent of angry passion; takes the sting from failure; kindles courageous ambition; lifts the unfortunate; and leads back the wayward. Kindness walks in the steps of our Savior.