Care for others and seek to fulfill their genuine needs.
Kindness is the moral virtue that inclines one to assist others by supplying their needs and alleviating their suffering or distress. The virtue of kindness begins in compassion, but it works to fulfill others’ true needs, rather than their felt needs; thus, it is more than a habit of sympathy or emotion. Insofar as kindness begins in fellow-feeling and aims at the good of others, it is closely related to the virtue of friendship.
Grades K-2:
The virtue of kindness gives us the desire to help others by supplying what they truly need and easing their suffering or distress.
Grades 3-6:
The virtue of kindness inclines us to assist others by supplying what they truly need and easing their suffering or distress. Kindness begins in compassion but goes further than mere feeling, and it seeks to obtain real goods for others, rather than satisfying their subjective desires.
If I can stop one Heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain
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My grandfather said to me as we sat on the wagon seat, "Be sure to remember to always speak to everyone you meet."
Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow
How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue?
Small service is true service while it lasts
