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This Blog was first posted on 24 February 2021 and updated with new additions on 10 March 2026
Embracing the Hope of March and Poetic Wilderness
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Nota bene
Amid so many ominous events in the wider world, It seems, as Wendell Berry writes, “it’s hard to have hope”. But have it we must. In these days environmental catastrophe, present and to come, wars and destruction, indifference, intolerance, divisions and suchlike are some of the great enemies of hope, Berry’s poetry is a call to build hope on “on the ground under your feet”.To my mind, given my decades of ‘Dawning’ (The ancient ritual of going outside to watch the coming of day – the practice of witnessing the sunrise), reading and reciting poetry, which mainly encompasses the mystery, beauty, and wonders of Mother Nature, poetry is a small but significant way to sustain our spirit, hope and resilience. In short, embracing the poetic wilderness has empowered me not to despair but to walk on.
“Reading or writing poetry creates a space for empathy, for seeing another person, for bearing witness to our common humanity. Poetry, and the arts more generally, allow that chance to be human together with our patients…Empathy is essential for our survival . . . without empathy, how would we heal?”... “When we hear rhythmic language and recite poetry, our bodies translate crude sensory data into nuanced knowing . . . feeling becomes meaning.”-Poet and physician Rafel Campo, M.D.
Embracing the Hope of March and Poetic Wilderness
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A Reflection on the Transformational Power of Kindness to Build a Better and more Fulfilling Life: Be Kind to Yourself, Be Kind to Others. You reconcile all beings in the world: Kindness to Make the World Great Again
‘Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see’-Mark Twain
‘So much of what we value is in fact preserved by kindness and is compatible with it. We can be kind and successful, kind and exciting, kind and wealthy and kind and potent. Kindness is a virtue awaiting our rediscovery and our renewed, un-conflicted appreciation.’- The Book of Life
‘Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts.’
As long as greed and selfishness are stronger than kindness and selflessness, there will always be suffering and pain
One of the greatest gifts of our humanity is kindness, to give it, to share it, and to receive it.
Time is now to answer the call of our humanity and start the mother of all revolutions: The Kindness Revolution
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The poet, Mary Oliver, in her poem “Wild Geese” writes:
‘Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
The world offers itself to your imagination,
Calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—
Over and over announcing your place in the family of things.
‘So, this Valentine’s Day, let’s see if we can broaden our ideas of what love means. Can we get in the flow of the love all around us? Go from the sentimental kind of love to the deeply meaningful ways to be and feel love? Let’s set our intention to open our hearts and pay attention, to ourselves and to those around us, with the quality of loving awareness.’-Michelle Becker 
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