Learning to Speak Kindly ! (especially for Punjabis)

Even though I take pride in being from Punjab, India and being a Sikh, I have heard and read many times about Punjabis coming off as rude, arrogant and macho. I think it is all across cultural and national boundaries, but to help myself and other Punjabis to learn to speak kindly so we can relate to other cultures and people better, I will just post something about love and kindness. Here is something about "Speaking kindly to Yourself" that I found and can relate to the author's childhood stories to kind of my childhood growing up in Punjab. Please read if you wish and hope it can help a little in polishing off that Punjabi harshness:

http://www.forthelittleonesinside.com/mpage/speak.html

Happy Holidays!