The true measure of your practice is the kindness of your actions. As your perceptions of self, others, and world become increasingly loving, so, too, will your actions become increasingly kind.
As more and more of your actions are motivated by and demonstrative of kindness, you will begin to notice trends in the way kindness manifests through you. While we can all smile or say a kind word to someone or open a door, you will begin to notice specific ways that you express love that are rare or even entirely unique. Others will notice this expression of love, and begin to be able to emulate it, to express it themselves—but it will be as if you originated a distinct form of love, as if you discovered an entirely new species of love, as if you found a stream of love that longed to be tapped.
Love longs to express itself through you in a unique way. At the limit, your life as a whole can be an expression of love, a singular manifestation never seen before in the history of the universe. In other words, you can become what I call a Mettā Hero.
May you learn how love wishes to express itself through you. May you be surprised and delighted to discover how that love manifests in your life. May your unique love be of deep and unending service to all beings. ❤️