Human Kind: Short Stories and Photo Essays

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Books typically unfold their story via an opening chapter called a ‘Forward’. It can help establish a context or premise of the embarking story. Essentially it provides an opportunity to encourage the prospective reader to invest their time to read proceeding chapters. In the case of this book, it’s about stories of kindness. Consider them as nuggets of knowledge gained through observations and considering that every life is precious. 

In the context of the human experience let us consider that a child from birth never possesses darker impulses to shape his actions. This is because I believe that it is important to remember that every human life begins as a union rooted in a mother and father's love, guided by goodness and hope. Sadly, there are situations of force, but the result is of an innocent child being born. It is also important to consider that often the challenges we face, the environment we grow up in, and the choices we make can shape the character of a child and resulting adult over time.

By understanding the influences that can lead us astray, we’re able to learn from our experiences and chart a course away from darkness.

The short stories in this book should be considered as a fuel that aims to ignite a flame of lasting optimism and positivity, not only for you but also for those we interact with throughout our lives.

Have you ever considered kindness to be as quiet as a smile that shifts the air in a tense room.

True kindness is often spontaneous, almost instinctive. It’s the stranger who gives up her seat on a crowded train. These moments are unscripted. They come from something pure and ancient, just like a newborn baby gripping onto an adult’s finger.

As you read the stories that follow - true, imagined, or somewhere in between, please look deeper inside yourself. Consider kindness as the courage to feel what someone else feels, not just to observe it, turning such emotions into empathy and to choose to do the right thing.