Friday, November 7, 2008

more kindness

the boys walked in and saw me cryin.
they sat right down to find out what
was wrong.
they laughed when they found out it was
a good thing!
(see post below)

the kindness thing......
the kindness that was just shown to me
and the tears that i can't seem to stop.

(i did try to call and ended up leaving
a really stupid teary message!)

the tears....
it's making me notice.....

i really really really needed the act of
kindness today. and i didn't even know it.

how often do we need it and not know it?
and how many times can we give it and don't?

there's a day that stands out in my life
where i saw clearly how powerful kindness was.
at the end of that day, i wrote this bone sigh:

kindness

understanding now that this was the
way to open her heart,
she dropped to her knees
and opened herself to its presence.


the clearness of that day got hazy for me.
today, it all came back to me. only
from a whole different angle.

the day i wrote that bone sigh, i was the
one giving the kindness.

today i'm the one receiving it.

and again, i see the power of it......

a day walked in kindness....
a lifetime lived in kindness.....

something to shoot for.

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