Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
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Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
The polite person also cares passionately about spreading kindness, love and goodness on a mass scale, but they are cautious about the chances of doing so on any realistic time horizon. Yet their belief that perhaps one can’t improve things enormously for a huge number of people in the coming decades makes them feel that it is still very much a wor
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‘Invitation’ by Mary Oliver
Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
as they strive
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When things are going well, that can also be a reminder. Instead of habitually clinging to what’s delightful, you could become accustomed to giving it away, sending it out to others on the outbreath.