Make Kindness Your Religion!

There are an estimated 4,300 religions in the world. And people who belong to a particular religious organization, who wholeheartedly believe its teachings, would swear to you that their religion is the one true one. Here's the thing, though, religion isn't an action. It's a belief. Essentially, it allows you to be whatever you want to be, the real you, because you have a "security blanket" of sorts. Maybe you think that your beliefs will get you to heaven, no matter how badly you behave; that you're saved because you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, while you treat other human beings like garbage.

Your actions, however, are another thing altogether. It is your actions that people see; that you leave behind, that define you as compassionate or indifferent with regards to other people.

It's easy to hide behind religions. God knows enough wars have been fought in the name of them. And for what?

My grandfather used to say, according to my mother, that kindness was the true religion. As an adult, remembering those words now, I would totally agree.

It doesn't matter to what religion you belong. At the end of the day, what matters is whether or not you're kind to yourself and others.

If we all made kindness our religion, wars would stop. People would love each other. Life would be so much better.

So I don't care whether you're Christian, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, etc. The question is, ARE YOU KIND? If you go to church on Sunday and behave horribly the rest of the week; take pleasure in the pain of others, just stay home on Sunday and water your lawn. You have no business sitting in that pew.

But if you choose kindness, go out and spread it every chance you get. That will be your true heaven. No need to wait until you die.