Fiona Robyn, published novelist, psychotherapist, creativity coach and blogger at Writing Our Way Home extended an invitation to join her in a celebration of kindness.
As a practiser of nonviolent communication and lover of all things kind, in and out of work, I enthusiastically agreed to join in.
This is what arrived when I sat down to write, with kindness in mind.
The small kindness
I’m tired and need a rest
So rest I will
And take a load off
Mask off
Professional face, hair, clothes, shoes. Off
Professional language. Off
Appearance of coping with 10 hour day plus travel time on top then domestic duties on top again. Off
Need to hold still and attentive while grown men spill tears of stress from overwork and fear of no work. Off
One day’s worth, off
What of tomorrow
And all the tomorrows after that
If anxious during, and flat, dull, depressed afterwards isn’t to become the norm
Or are we already too late for that
A bigger kindness is called for, an entirely new way
Now. That’s worth giving time and kind attention to
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