"Kindness"

Kindness

Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.

Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.

Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. 
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.

Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and
     purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
it is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you every where
like a shadow or a friend.

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Thank You For All You Have Done and All You Do

Did you know that Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day? I didn't. I do now. Memorial Day honors all of our men and women that have lost their lives defending our rights and freedoms. It was enacted to honor the Union fallen warriors of the Civil War. Interesting history about this day so if you would like to read more go here:

 Memorial Day on Wikipedia

Yes, this is a holiday here in the United States. Many will be traveling. Many will be having cook-outs with family and friends. Many will be sad. Many will remember their loved ones that have fallen and their loved ones that are now in harms way. But let us not forget exactly why it is a holiday. 

Let us remember those that have fallen and give respect with honor. But, also let us remember those that are now serving us by being thankful that they give so much.

May God Bless all that have served and all that are serving...

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Don't Be Afraid of Change

Just Go For It!

Most of us enjoy watching flash movies, flash presentations, or whatever you want to call them. Flash movies, most of the time, have beautiful pictures and words that speak to our inner self. We can watch them and somehow we begin to relax and reflect just how wonderful life can be. They take us away from the now and transplant us into a world where we would really like to be.

But, in reality what flash movies do for us is to change our thinking processes. Flash movies can change us from negative to positive, from a turned-down lip to an up-turned smile, and from depression into hopeful. Tears may fill our eyes as our smile grows inward and our mind becomes less stressed.

How does this happen by just watching some flash movie on our computer screens? Attitude! Focus! We are moved away from where we are to someplace in our dream world of a beautiful life and surroundings.

Flash movies help us to deal with our poor, negative attitudes and to change our minds so we can move ahead with our life; for we can only move ahead to a more fulfilled life when we let go of the present and past negative thoughts.

Flash presentations can be inspirational, motivational, and even funny. There are also educational flash movies that can give us some insight into a subject. 

With all this said I hope you watch this presentation and from it learn that change is an absolute positive. Don't be afraid to go for failure and the no's. Think of them as nothing more than stepping stones on your path.

Change Is Possible

Take Wings