My son helped me record this reading of Naomi Shihab Nye’s wonderful poem today.  Kindness springs from empathy, as so beautifully worded here, and a sentiment I wish to reflect upon during this season. Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate