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I- KAMRAN’s Blog: Dedicated to the Common Good- aiming to be a source of hope and inspiration; enabling us all to move from despair to hope; darkness to light and competition to cooperation. “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”-Rumi
II- KAMRAN MOFID’s GUEST’s BLOG: Here on The Guest Blog you’ll find commentary, analysis, insight and at times provocation from some of the world’s influential and spiritual thought leaders as they weigh in on critical questions about the state of the world, the emerging societal issues, the dominant socio-economic logic, globalisation, money, markets, sustainability, dialogue, cooperation, environment, media, spirituality, faith, culture, the youth, the purpose of business and economic life, the crucial role of leadership, and the challenges facing economic, business, management, education, and more.
“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming together it is the beginning of reality.”—Helder Camara
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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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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 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.
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