Prominent author Malcolm Gladwell wrote that every societal transformation reaches a “tipping point,” a moment when change becomes inevitable. The American Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Suffrage, and other seismic shifts did not start all at once; they built a groundswell, leading to a moment of no return.

The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and the recent shootings at Evergreen High School in Colorado and the ICE facility in Dallas have brought us to another such moment. These events demand not only grief and reflection, but also a decision about the kind of society we want to become. We can choose division and anger, or we can choose something more deliberate but far more powerful: kindness.

Kindness is often mistaken for softness. It is not. Kindness is courageou

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