This is episode 1,947 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to the next to the last episode of the series you've been

exploring all week long that has to do with cultivating the virtues.

Seven virtues, one for each day of the week and the opposing qualities of the virtues,

the seven deadly sins, has been the focus this week. You'll hear my voice is a little scratchy.

I'm getting over a really bad cold. In fact, throughout this week's series, I've had a horse

voice from my cold. I'm happy to share with you the

virtue today of kindness and the opposing quality is wrath or anger. Also in today's episode, you'll layer together the different meditation techniques

you've explored all week long in this series so that you can do the techniques together

as you meditate today.

Remember, you can do these techniques as you go about your day, whether you're seated

meditating or not.

When you think about the quality of kindness, it can seem pretty straightforward. You do something nice for someone else, or you accept the

kindness others share with you. It's just as important to receive as it is to give so that others can feel rewarded as they share some

kindness with you. When you consider kindness, keep in mind that the things you may do for others that you think are kind may not be the things that they consider as kind.

So think about what you can do to be open and receptive to someone else, to know how to really show kindness towards them.

Sometimes when we try to help someone, we don't really help them.

In fact, we can seem as though we're condescending to them

or helping them with something that they can do themselves. So really consider if you're truly

being kind to someone when you offer your kindness or if you're truly being kind to someone when you offer your kindness or if you're doing it as a way

to make yourself feel good. I remember being on a city street that was pretty busy and there

was an elderly woman on the street getting ready to step up

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