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Kindness must watch for me
I find myself unable to edit the blogs I write, so I send them back to the “draft” stage. It is as though I can only write in the immediate moment — the true present. It is also hard to find my true voice. My desperation comes out of anger, not depression. This poem by James Agee has rung true for me for many years, but now during this pandemic, this time of moral unrest and economic injustice, I believe it is particularly meaningful. Here it is both the poetic form and the song composed by Morten Lauridsen. Sure on this shining night Sure on this shining nightOf star made…
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“The Tender Gravity of Kindness”
This is a time when we need to lean into kindness. I was going to write about how I am experiencing kindness and what I am doing to engage in kind acts. However, I would rather we look at this poem by Naomi Shahib Nye. It shows us how kindness is the other side of sorrow. Journey with it and let it grow within you. A bird just flew into my window where I am writing. I wrapped it in a cloth, thinking it might have been in shock and took it to my favorite neighbor who knows everything about birds. We talked while it gently breathed its last. It…
