Kindness and joy [electronic resource] : expressing the gentle love / Harold G. Koenig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koenig, Harold G. (Harold George), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kindness.

Charity.

Joy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book includes guidance as well as information and inspiration. There are practical recommendations on how to perform acts of kindness in personal lives and at work, toward friends, colleagues, and family members-even with one's enemies. Suggestions are also offered on ways to encourage others to be kind so they, too, can experience the joy that results.

Contents:

Kindness, the gentle generous love

What kindness is not

The opposite of kindness

The divine love

Why kindness is important

Joy, the sacred emotion

How kindness results in joy

The double blessing

When joy doesn't result

Barriers to kindness

Practicing kindness

Being kind to strangers and friends

Being kind at work

Being kind to family

Helping others experience the joy of kindness.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-26029-8

9786613260291

1-59947-192-2

OCLC:

727649250