POEM // Kindness By Sue Ellson Text, audio and description online at https://sueellson.com/blog/kindness-poem In kindness I pause And think before I act Could there be another reason For this clear lack of tact In kindness I wait And listen for clues I don't respond to triggers I delve deeper before I accuse In kindness I process And evaluate the facts I stop looking for reasons And avoid making pacts Kindness to you Kindness to me Kindness enables us To truly be free Beyond acceptance Beyond forgiveness Beyond defensive Beyond second guess It allows, it liberates It sees black through white Every colour you'll see When kindness is in sight Today, a quote popped up on my social media feed from Roald Dahl. “I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else. Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind - that's it.” —Roald Dahl. This was very interesting to me as I have been living my own pact around 'courage beating comfort' for quite some time. But how often do we keep pushing forward with a critical voice towards others or ourselves? What if we were kind before we were cruel, to others as well as ourselves? #trulybe #kindnesspoem #kindness #SueEllson #SueEllsonPoem #poem #poetry