What if all you could offer the world
\nwas kindness?<\/p>\n
to a week that starts in
\nwonder and worry
\nand quickly descends into
\nchaos and confusion
\ndisappointment and
\ndisbelief
\nand you find yourself
\nunable to sleep
\nsuddenly everything is
\nLOUD AND BOISTEROUS
\nAND FEAR IS BEING FED
\nFROM ALL SIDES
\nand we are left searching
\nfor places to
\nhide<\/p>\n
What if all you could offer the world
\nwas kindness?<\/p>\n
but you have been sent
\nspinning
\nby visions of a growing
\nUNcommon sense
\nand blatant unkindness
\nyou can, if allowed
\nbegin to shrivel
\nin fear
\nand start to roll up
\nthe edges of your
\ntender heart<\/p>\n
but,<\/p>\n
What if all you could offer the world
\nwas kindness?<\/p>\n
then you pause
\nfor remembrance
\nlook into weathered faces
\nand think of all that was given
\nyou feel for a friend cherishing a brother
\nlost
\nmuch too soon to cancer
\nand you
\nremember him
\nyou look to Joy
\nand celebrate life
\nas another friend, welcomes a new grandson
\nyou share laughter
\nand tears<\/p>\n
and here
\nonce again, you
\nground yourself in
\nLove
\nand you willingly open
\nyour heart
\nwide
\nyou choose to
\nbreathe in, in
\ndeep cleansing breaths
\nand exhale
\nslowly
\nto the beat of your
\nheart<\/p>\n
and you turn off
\nthe noise
\nof the world
\nand instead pay attention
\nto the cardinal
\nas it taps at the window
\nwatch a golden leaf
\nas it drifts rhythmically
\ngently
\nand delicately
\nto
\nrest
\non the ground
\nand
\nyou feel the delicious soothing warmth
\nof a kiss<\/p>\n
and a smile<\/p>\n
I understand, ‘but it’s not right…’
\nand ‘it’s not fair’
\nand ‘we can’t take this’
\nI understand …
\nbut,<\/p>\n
what if all you could offer the world
\nwas kindness?<\/p>\n
then somehow
\nwith
\nopen mind
\nand
\nopen hands
\nand
\nopen heart<\/p>\n
in this gift
\nyou find
\nyour peace \u2665
\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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