kindness

while i was at the Christmas Eve mass in Notre Dame Basilica, during communion, i prayed.
granted i'm not the most religious person in the world. i'm more spiritual, and believe that religions gear people towards being good people, in different ways, tones, methods, shapes.

anyways i really got to praying, and one of the main thread in my prayer was 'kindness'. it struck me how much i mean it, how much i want to continue to remember it in my everyday life. how connected i was to that word and idea. after seeing Toula's sanskrit tattoo on the inside of her wrist, i was inspired to find my own meaning to mark forever. it's divided between my chinese name which is 如 and is part of the words that means "if", which i've grown to love. it symbolizes imagination and possibilities, chances and opportunities.

but sanskrit script is so beautiful visually, and since the prayer, i've been struck by the idea of kindness. so this is tempting as well "Mettā (Pāli: मेत्ता)" which i don't know if it's sanskrit or buddhist.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett%C4%81