KINDNESS...SO NEEDED AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATED IN THESE TIMES. GOD BLESS THOSE THAT ALWAYS WERE AND THOSE THAT ARE JUST LEARNING...HOW. THANKS FOR THE SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Your words reflect so much of what so many need......."kindness"....the finest balm there is, John!! Beautifully written!!

Love ya!

Jane

Very succinct and honest. You've touched on a human quality that I too have tried to communicate in poetic terms and I am reminded by your piece that my wife still to this day will spot a spider, ant or fly in the house, grab a piece of paper, gently scoop up the insect and carry it to the outside. Kindness is a lesson I've learned from her as the master of same. Well penned, John.

There are always random act of kindness, and this virus has brought a little more of that in people, but here in the states, it's led to more division and culture wars. And a lot of that is due to the lack of true leadership in the face of hard and uncertain times.

You share this sentiment with Stephen Lance. Kindness is most needed and often neglected. It does seem that the pandemic has brought out the best in people. Many expressing kind thoughts and especially doing kind deeds. It certainly is a time of reflection.

But in our city, crime has increased. Already, many are desperate for food hard to pay for necessities like rent who have lost their livelihood. There is an increase in domestic violence, percolating in homes where the choices for survival become limited and anger overcomes despair. That is the hidden danger in the peacefulness we see.

Not to discourage your very fine poem. We are one world tied together by this border jumping scourge. Jealous sovereign nations should notice that. Along with their narrow-minded citizens.

Ron

Kindness is a reminder that all humanity has a covenant with the unseen. Peace... rlc

Oh, how lovely. Such a wonderfully tender poem. I hope we don't forget the heart lessons that corona has taught us. It would be so sad to lose all that we have gained in terms of heart and spirit.

Rebecca