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(An online lecture delivered by Titilola Oluwafunmilola Owolabi) Venue: Blessed Army whatsApp group Titilola: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, As stated earlier, my name is Titilola Oluwafunmilola Owolabi and the topic we will discuss tonight is, The Power of Kindness. This discussion will be interactive please. I want to learn from you too. Thank you. Kindness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but innate in every one of us is the tendency to be selfish and self-centered, which often prevents us from showing kindness. What do we mean by kindness? How do I exhibit kindness? My time and resources are limited, I have a very busy life, I wake up by 4am to leave home by 5am and return by 10pm, how can I show kindness? Let's start by defining power and kindness. When we know what it entails, then we can know what we need to do about it. Power: ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something. Kindness: the quality of being friendly, generous, an

Many of us look but cannot see. And it is quite painful to see that this preposterous act is pervasive in our world today. We must be wary of this act because it is destructive. One day, I headed to a bank to withdraw some money from an ATM. It was in the afternoon. When I arrived at the junction of my street, I asked a bike man to take me to the bank. When we got there, I told him to wait so he would be the one to take me back home. He agreed to wait as I rushed into the bank to cash my money. Having cashed my money, I rushed outside in order not to keep the bike man waiting unnecessarily. But to my utter consternation, as I rushed outside I couldn't find the bike man. I was astounded. "He couldn't have left without collecting his money", I thought out loud.  Where I was standing thinking of what to do next because I didn't want to take his money away, I sighted a man who was standing and looking towards the bank. He looked like the bike man who brought