Kindness

• To really understand kindness

  You have to go through some tough times
• Losing things that are important

  Dreams or possessions
• Losing important things


  You can see how lonely and sad life can be sometimes
• Seeing someone who has suffered


  Makes you realize that it could have been you, and that everyone has their own struggles
• Before you truly understand kindness

  You have to know sorrow deeply
• Once you've experienced sorrow


  Kindness becomes the most important thing
• Theme 


  The theme of this poem is the transformative power of kindness, but it also explores the relationship between kindness and sorrow.
• Story by


  Naomi Shihab