Kindness

I read this great article in the Guardian Weekly on the concept of kindness.
I suppose most of us dont think about it so much...kindness...and what it does to us. What it is and why we do acts of kindness.
Kindness controls our world. Its something we are teaching ourselves to live without. Because people are mean, evil and always have hidden motifs. Many of my friends have become bitter cynics, and we are just in late 20ies/early 30ties... why? because we dont believe that there is kindness in everyone anymore.

A act of kindness from someone can bring out all sorts of emotions. No matter what, it is emotional. Has a random stranger ever been nice to you? For no reason?

In the animal world apparently kindness is a bit different. There all supposedly random acts of "being nice" are to gain something personally. To survive. Does that apply to us too? Or can we still just be genuinely kind?

Im trying to think, when did I last do something that was just kind? Without a hidden agenda..? And Im thinking of my friends and people I know, and how they are sometimes choosing kindness and sometimes not.

Can we even call it kindness when there is a hidden motif?

Is kindness more about the general goodwill and group survival or about individuals? Is it a habit or something more random?

However...at the end of the day...kind actions is what makes us feel, trust, love, share and bond. So Im gonna be more kind. From today. Kindness is beautiful word.