The Healing Power of Kind Words
Story★★★A little word in kindness spoken, A motion, or a tear, Has often healed the heart that’s broken, And made a friend sincere. Then deem it not an idle thing A pleasant word to speak: The face you wear, the thought you bring, A heart may heal or break. —D. C. CoLeswortHy Kind words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams, with- out any noise, will make the traveller cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him.
— Leighton
LEIGHTON.
The point
A little word of kindness has the power to heal a broken heart, just as gentle sunbeams can accomplish what harsh winds cannot.
Scripture
John 13:34-35
Audience
Adults
Tone
Gentle · Comforting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 92 words