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Humanity
Hi
I wrote this poem a while ago, thought I’d post it…It was written as a response to stress I’d experienced thanks to another person who should have behaved better. God bless therapy and therapists! Unsung heroes in the land of brain cells and emotions.
Respect
Love emboldens souls to be free
Or it creates dreams disappointing
Love is like blossom on the tree
It needs warmth to set forth flowering
Respect is to be earned not glibly spent
It’s not a silver spoon birthright
Respect is a given as a compliment
Not after a series of supremacy fights
Trust is peaceful but the preserve
Of those who’ve never been burned
The rest of us hold back, reserved
Until we’re sure our hearts to stone won’t turn
Forgiveness can prove difficult
But once accomplished it releases us to calm
We’re often too keen to assign fault
But that offers no one a healing balm
The heart and mind offer advice we eschew
However emotions will implode if your soul you defy
With experience we should learn that to ourselves be true
Isn’t blanket permission to injure, deride or despise.
On a graver note…
I hope that everyone is safe and well and that peace, love and empathy reign over the world.
The good guys must defeat the bad guys.
Only a joint effort can do it.
Take care
Remember Love, Remember Sousse, Tunisia
Hi
We’ve just had the minute’s silence for the poor victims of the attack in Sousse, Tunisia.
Tears welled up and now the day continues and we all move forward, hopefully with love in our hearts and a steely resolve to make this world a better and safe place.
My thoughts and sympathies are with the bereaved.
Everyone, please remember to tell someone-anyone-everyone that you love them, life is precious, we have to ensure that love conquers all.
Joanne