My bracelet came to me at Merlefest, an Americana music festival in NC.  Making music and listening to music enhances all of our senses and amplifies our ability to be kind.   My  father, the late Ed Powell, (the inventor of kind) said that music opens pathways to the soul.   He thought it was always a good time to “make some music” and that music could lighten your spirit and  brighten your outlook on life.  I can still hear him singing “keep on the sunny side of life”, a uplifting gospel number that portrays the reality of life’s ups and downs and our choice to deal with them in positive and sunny manner.
I am inspired by the  connections this bracelet will make in my passing it to others who embrace life with an open mind and a kind heart.  Let us always be mindful of others feelings and operate in a manner that is inclusive of all no matter how different they may be.
” I bent the truth today to be kind, for I am far more certain of what is kind than I am of what is true!”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him”