First of all, that gentle, warm, and connected feeling we have is called "love" . . . I have discovered many times in this life that I am more likely to feel love are for those who I share much of needs, dreams, and life with. How do I feel love and kindly towards strangers? Jesus Christ have taught us may times that we need to be kind and loving towards those we don't know. It is truly challenging because it is our nature to be scared of the unknown. What is this stranger's intentions? Would he/she wish us harm? What will they look to us as? For some, we are scared of being looked at as "money tree" to fuel their bad habits?
How can we reach across the bridge of our fears and anxieties? We just need to think . . . how those people want to be loved like we want to be loved. How those people have struggles, doubts and insecurities like us. God gave us scriptures that are over 1,000 years old . . . Because those people have similar circumstances - regardless of their time period- and what they have to share still is applicable to our time. Our prophets have mentioned that there's no such thing as new sin, new temptations, or new issue. It is just same old thing with different face. Why? We all are children of God. We are like Him in many ways. The path we walked was walked before by our ancestors in this life. In different epoch, different place, and even different universe? There were many beings that faced the same thing we faced.
As long as we are children of God, we instantly have something in common.
As for the "kindness goes long way" theme I began out . . . I remember when I was alone, sad, and struggling . There were some people who bothered to reach out, made friend with me, and listened to me. I was so overwhelmed and incredulous . . . Those people had no reason to be kind because they are stranger in the beginning. They cared enough to risk their heart for my own sake.
As we reach out our own sphere knowing that we want to do to those like we want them to do to us . . . We step closer to God. Kindness goes long way . . . It leaves print on our heart, warms us when we are lonely, and inspire us to do the same to the others. Kindness is like a chain of reaction in humanity- like negative emotion can.
18There is no afear in blove; but perfect clove casteth out fear: because fear hath dtorment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4
As long as we feel love, we no longer feel fear. Isn't love a such beautiful thing?
