Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, who were both pregnant when their husbands were killed in the September 11 attacks, decided to use a significant portion of the support they received to help war widows in Afghanistan. They co-founded Beyond the 11th, a nonprofit organization that has raised substantial funds to support Afghan widows in areas devastated by conflict. In 2006, during a visit to Kabul, they met an Afghan mother who had benefited from their efforts, having established a small chicken farm with the aid provided by their foundation.
A kind-hearted person could be in the most disadvantaged of positions and still be thinking of how to make a positive difference in the life of another. In all honesty, we have no just reason not to be kind to one another.
May our kindness be as effortless and natural as breathing.