I'd like to think I'm a lot kinder than most of the people I put up with, day to day.
I make it a point to ask, "How are you doing?" and I mean it.
And They 'cry on my shoulder'.
I get to hear all the terrible trials and the brags and all the hottest gossip -all the good stuff - see ALL the photos of the new grandbaby - just because I listen and I care. These are people and I'm a people, too. Let's share!
I give these ordinary people a reason to smile because they're not ordinary anymore - somebody cares and listens.
I like doing it, it's part of my religion.
If I can take One Step Closer.

if kindness is jumping in to tell about your better, more outrageous, and more successful (or more disastrous, depending on the situation) when someone tells about a personal story about their recent experience... then i am not kinder than the people around me

if kindness is posting photos of women in tight dresses all over your office and then asking women to come into your office for every discussion... then i am not kinder than the people around me

if kindness is ignoring frequent requests for more information, but then remembering to say "but i am always available, please.. more questions are better than not, just ask me" when management walks into the area... then i am not kinder than the people around me

if kindness is accurately remembering everything you did right yesterday ("I came to your office and told you about that... well, i came to your office and oyu weren't here, and then Ted started telling me about the new turkey deep fryer he bought which reminded me that i am going to my brothers for Easter next month and I gotta remember to make sure I get my car detailed before we visit so I had to call my wife to have her set itup because her co-workers son will do it cheaply if we give him advance notice and we clean and wash the car before we take it to him... anyway, I went to your office!!!!") but didn't bother to email, leave a voicemail, or follow through and actually tell me the information that I needed YESTERDAY, then I am not kinder than those around me

ABSOLUTELY MORE KIND, of course thats not hard, i could be a serial killer and be more kind.It kinda like comparing a marathon runner with an amputee, and brain damage.

Much, much less kind. I often leave tacks on the seats of unsuspecting innocents. I sometimes use glue on the handsets of telephones so that the unsuspecting with be stuck. Once, I threw a banana cream pie at a nun.

She caught it, though, and served it to a group of orphans. D'oh. I believe I was forgiven, and have to start all over again.