Kindness Within

Kindness withinOur very Soul Is the essence of Life And what keeps us whole So many things On the surface of life Complicate our minds And create much strife Seeing ourselves Through a limited scope Hinders our progress And lessens our hope Many challenges Do appear But with a proper looking glass They simply disappear Resentment and revenge Is the easy way out Feeling so self-righteous Thinking we deserve to yell and shout But blaming others Simply will not do If it’s genuine happiness We wish to pursue Living with gusto And a tender heart Opens the funnel And is a place to start Our children pick up On the things that we do One thing is for sure They are very hard to fool A child behavior chart Can give us a clue To how our kids respond To what we say and do The evidence is clear It’s hard to conceive Of any excuse That they will believe So honesty begins With an open heart Time better spent Than another kid chore chart Clearing things up Within our view Opens many channels For us to pursue Living life In a state of grace Eases the tension And brightens our face Getting a message Through to our kids Is skill in itself And seems like a bid How do we develop These particular techniques When each child and parent Are so unique Learning to be gentle And accessing our gifts Reveals the secret On how to uplift The answer within Is very simple indeed It requires no dogma On which to feed The true meaning and test Is how we feel and act The proof is in the pudding To be exact So how it works For all concerned Is to open our heart And be willing to learn The kindness inside That we work so hard to hide Can now be expressed And eliminate the distress JWS 6/18/11
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