Kindness and suffering are wordless teachers, ready to bend us and soften us until we accept that we are here; that, try as we will, we can’t build our way out of existence or dream our way out of being human. Once opened in this way, we come to realize that the only way out is to love being here. Out of the Way Kindness bends us, the way the strike of a bell bends the smallest leaves. Suffering softens us, the way the beak of a dark bird pokes the water of the heart, leaving a ripple that shimmers through us. Kindness and suffering will bring us to a clearness that everyone knows as home, once what is unnecessary is loved or pained out of the way. A Question to Walk With: Describe one way you have been bent by kindness and one way you have been softened by suffering. How have these experiences shaped you? Mark Nepo💜
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:18:13 +0000