kindness – Deb Hawken

Clever

A voice for peace, respect, and inclusion

Warrior

A voice for peace asking people to join me

Heart and Soul

A prose poem calling all peaceful voices to unite

Humans have an odd way of finding reasons to be upset, something that is exacerbated in multicultural societies. I mean, why not take against someone for their skin colour? There’s nothing better to do in a day is there? When the religion is different that just adds to the fun doesn’t it? Now that weContinueContinue reading “Minefield Time of Year”

A Joyful List!

Thinking about happiness is so important, thinking only about yourself is too narrow. So this is a list of 31 things that would make me happy if everyone, everywhere, had those things.

Love is not Woke

The finer emotions are often denigrated as woke, yet these are the emotions that do not start wars, do not accept prejudice, and drive respect for others. What’s not to love?

I See You Now

Age brings with it understanding. You see why your party’s may not have aged happily, lost their spark, become frustrated and disillusioned. You can learn from that and I’m grateful for the lessons my parents showed me.

Soul-centred Living: Truth

To live this way is very simple but it can sound and feel complex if you’ve never tried it. Here are a few simple tips: Always tell yourself the truth. You don’t have to tell anyone else, but you do need to be completely honest with yourself. You achieve this by: Live from the heart.ContinueContinue reading “Soul-centred Living: Truth”

I believed

In being a person I could be proud of:kind, compassionate, thoughtful, there.I wanted to be this personbecause I’d only ever met one such individual;he was always there.A good role model.I thought that decency, kindness and compassionwould attract people who felt the same way.Instead, everything I had to offer was drained,and still I wasn’t good enough.IContinueContinue reading “I believed”

We Not They

I used to comment a lot on faulty thinking and I’ve stopped. Time to start again. It may surprise you to know that this saying grates on my nerves. It shows the total lack of balance in human thinking. My question here is: Why can’t the people mentioned in this post be successful people? ThereContinueContinue reading “We Not They”