tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post6132153354964120336..comments2023-05-22T07:10:42.612-04:00Comments on Borange: The Joys of CancerLa Cootinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-81466631504771352682008-09-13T13:40:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:40:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing that, John. I don't know if you...Thanks for sharing that, John. I don't know if you have to lose everything; I think if you have empathy, you can <I>imagine</I> the loss, and still appreciate kindness. At any rate, it's a lovely, moving poem.La Cootinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-10659543440708217882008-09-13T13:13:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:13:00.000-04:00KindnessBefore you know what kindness really isyou...Kindness<BR/><BR/>Before you know what kindness really is<BR/>you must lose things,<BR/>feel the future dissolve in a moment<BR/>like salt in a weakened broth.<BR/>What you held in your hand,<BR/>what you counted and carefully saved,<BR/>all this must go so you know<BR/>how desolate the landscape can be<BR/>between the regions of kindness.<BR/>How you ride and ride<BR/>thinking the bus will never stop,<BR/>the passengers eating maize and chicken<BR/>will stare out the window forever.<BR/><BR/>Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,<BR/>you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho <BR/>lies dead by the side of the road.<BR/>You must see how this could be you,<BR/>how he too was someone<BR/>who journeyed through the night with plans <BR/>and the simple breath that kept him alive.<BR/><BR/>Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, <BR/>you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. <BR/>You must wake up with sorrow.<BR/>You must speak to it till your voice<BR/>catches the thread of all sorrows<BR/>and you see the size of the cloth. <BR/><BR/>Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,<BR/>only kindness that ties your shoes<BR/>and sends you out into the day to mail letters and <BR/> purchase bread,<BR/>only kindness that raises its head<BR/>from the crowd of the world to say<BR/>it is I you have been looking for,<BR/>and then goes with you every where<BR/>like a shadow or a friend.<BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/> Naomi Shihab Nye<BR/>from The Words Under the Words: Selected PoemsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-2899580334244464162008-09-12T19:39:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:39:00.000-04:00SuperC, thanks for your kind thoughts. I wish I we...SuperC, thanks for your kind thoughts. I wish I weren't experiencing "the joys of cancer," but I'm grateful that it has brought a fresh perspective to my life.La Cootinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-85945026830609787992008-09-12T18:04:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:04:00.000-04:00I am sorry for the comment.I got swayed. I should ...I am sorry for the comment.<BR/>I got swayed. I should not have.<BR/><BR/>But you can excuse me I guess...may be delete the comments that I gave.<BR/><BR/>I am not even half as intelligent as you are. So if you think I am a prick, I guess I am.<BR/><BR/>God Bless :)Tanuj Solankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593893191851771382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-30966844010785572062008-09-12T17:57:00.000-04:002008-09-12T17:57:00.000-04:00Hey, tanujSo you're "pretty sure" god will bless m...Hey, tanuj<BR/>So you're "pretty sure" god will bless me? You remind me of a bumper sticker we used to see: <B><I>"Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an a**hole."</I></B> <BR/><BR/>Rush toward emptiness yourself,<BR/>LaCootina<BR/><BR/>P.S. Stop asking people if they believe in god. It's none of your beeswax.La Cootinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-48290986409343159042008-09-12T17:40:00.000-04:002008-09-12T17:40:00.000-04:00Thanks Cootina...I needed that today. I need to re...Thanks Cootina...I needed that today. I need to remember things I am grateful for.Meeta Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395395096252847335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-79502938917599235172008-09-12T13:52:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:52:00.000-04:00then i am pretty sure God will bless you...Workers...then i am pretty sure God will bless you...<BR/><BR/>Workers rush toward some hint<BR/>of emptiness, which they then<BR/>start to fill. Their hope, though,<BR/>is for emptiness, so don't think<BR/>you must avoid it. It contains<BR/>what you need!<BR/><BR/> -- RumiTanuj Solankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593893191851771382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-52194870570885062332008-09-12T13:14:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:14:00.000-04:00I believe in gods, goddesses, pixie dust and kindn...I believe in gods, goddesses, pixie dust and kindness. Mostly kindness.La Cootinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-70368204742798841122008-09-12T12:41:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:41:00.000-04:00do u believe in God?do u believe in God?Tanuj Solankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593893191851771382noreply@blogger.com