Psalm 36: The Power of Kindness
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Your loving kindness, Lord, reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness to the skies
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains
Your justice like the great deep
You, Lord, preserve both people and animals
How priceless is your unfailing loving kindness, O God!
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Kindness is an ordinary gift that can do extraordinary things
And in this time of high anxiety, kindness is in short supply
But that just makes it more precious
Did you know that gold is one of the most abundant metals on earth?
But it's so heavy that nearly all of it is at the earth's core
When we find some on the surface it's rare and precious
Today a little kindness gleams like gold
And it can change the world
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Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say,
"In this world, Elwood, you must be"
--she always called me Elwood--
In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so kind."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend kind.
You may quote me.
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--Elwood P. Dowd, from the movie "Harvey."