Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
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Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
That is also part of compassion’s action in the night; you can’t be sure that what is happening is a mistake. You might find an unsuspected kindness in odd corners of an event or in yourself. If you are busy thinking that you should be kind, you might miss the reality that kindness is already present, in you.
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