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 members. As the  wood-violets  give  forth  their  perfume  from  beneath  the  brushwood  that  conceals  them from view,  telling  us  of  their  unseen  nearness,  so  kindness  reveals  to  us  the  nearness  of  Jesus,  the  sweetness of whose  Spirit  is  thus  breathed  forth.

"Such is  the  kindness  which  is  that  great  missioner sent  by  the  Heart  of  Jesus  to  exercise  an  apostolate  of love  upon  earth,  and  so  to  promote  the  glory  of  God and  the  salvation  of  souls." — The  Voice  of  the  Sacred Heart.

"I pass  through  this  world  but  once.  If,  therefore, there  is  any  good  that  I  can  do,  any  kindness  that  I can  show  to  any  human  being,  let  me  do  it  now;  let me  not  defer  nor  neglect  it,  for  I  shall  not  pass  this  way again."

HE worst  kinds  of  unhappiness,  as  well  as  the  greatest amount of  it,  come  from  our  conduct  to  each  other. If our  conduct,  therefore,  were  under  the  control  of kindness,  it  would  be  nearly  the  opposite  of  what  it  is, and so  the  state  of  the  world  would  be  almost  reversed.

indness is  the  overflowing  of  self  upon  others. We put others  in  the  place  of  self. We treat  them  as we  would  wish  to  be  treated  ourselves. We change places with  them;  For  the  time  self  is  another,  and others are  self. Our self-love  takes  the  shape  of  complacence in  unselfishness.

indness adds  sweetness  to  everything.