One winter evening while gathered around a campfire, an old Sioux Indian chief told his grandson about the struggle that goes on inside people.
“This struggle is like two wolves fighting each other,” he said. “One is evil, full of anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, deceit, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good, full of joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
For a few minutes the boy pondered his grandfather’s words, and then he asked, “So which wolf wins?” “Well,” said the chief, his lined face breaking into a smile, “The one you feed!”
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Every year billions of marketing dollars are invested to feed our love of the latest technology, celebrity gossip, fashion, fast food, games and home decor. |
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But who will feed our inner kindness? |
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It’s up each and every one of us! |
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The Kindness Project is here to help. |
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The Kindness Project sets a plentiful buffet of selections from Judaism’s menu to feed our inner kindness. |
As our slogan "Kindness: Love it. Learn it. Live it." indicates, the goal of the Kindness Project is to facilitate opportunities to enrich our hearts, minds and activities with the values, wisdoms and practices of kindness in Jewish tradition.
Love it. Through arts, cultural and awareness programming at the JCC, we renew, affirm and increase our identity with, and love for, the value of kindness.
Learn it. Through Judaism’s classic teachings we find insight, wisdom and inspiration for life’s many situations that involve choices of kindness.
Live it. Through our various programs, participants are offered creative opportunities to perform acts of kindness.
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“Being kind begins in the mind,” says Kindness Project founder and Director Rabbi Tzvi Muller, “By participating in the cultural, educational experiential offerings of the Kindness Project we can take kindness to a higher level.” |
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The Kindness Project is a Jewish Community Center and Partners In Torah initiative