Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind.

My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, "Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

If we resolve to be considerate and to help our neighbours; to make friends with people of different races and religions; and, as our Lord said, to look to our own faults before we criticise others, we will be keeping faith with those who landed in Normandy and fought so doggedly for their belief in freedom, peace and human decency.