This breath prayer is a reminder that kindness is an active virtue.

Breathing in: May I reach out . . .
Breathing out: with kindness.

A Blessing for Kindness
May you find, when you most need it, the other who stops to kindly listen to you as you pour out your heart in fear, sadness, loneliness, anger, joy, or wonder.
May you live kindness by choosing to let it flow freely on the just and unjust.
May your heart expand wide to include being kind to everything, knowing that everything belongs.
May kindness be your daily mantra that guides your heart, your thoughts, and your actions.
May you keep kindness simple so that you can practice it easily and often.
May you remember the acts and words of kindness given to you so that you can do the same for others.
May the words of Mr. Rogers on the three ways to ultimate success be woven in your heart and lived to the fullest:
“The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”
Kindness is the way.
— Kaki Grubbs, Spiritual Literacy Certificates Program, 2024 Cohort

Other Prayers

Any Good I Can Do
Dear Lord,
I expect to pass through this world but once;
and any good thing, therefore, that I can do
or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature,
let me do it now;
let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
— Stephen Grellet in 1000 World Prayers by Marcus Braybrooke

Prayer of the Heart
Use this "Prayer of the Heart" as a meditation to overcome negative thoughts toward others and to instill in yourself feelings of loving-kindness for family, friends, neighbors, strangers, and enemies, both at home and abroad. By doing so you can help loosen the bonds that hold unjust authority in place.

Let us keep our hearts focused.
Let me find kindness to negate resentment.
Let me show generosity to dissolve possessiveness.
Let me stand steady in the face of pain rather than live in fear.
Let me experience inquiry rather than reaction.
Let me be free from clinging and a narrow mind.
Let me express compassion rather than indifference.
So that my heart connects with the realities of others.
So that I stay true to an undying principle
of treating others as I wish to be treated.
So awareness and respect pervade
My thoughts, words and actions.
So that I live in a way that brings dignity and nobility to life
And reveals true freedom of being.
— Christopher Titmuss in Transforming Our Terror