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This week the blog staff felt ourselves looking out for more kindness, more acceptance, more love all around. Then we remembered we have archives full of it, and sadly no raccoon sweaters (though I totally want own this one). Here’s some of our quick finds:

Annie’s hope, “that of all people” we wouldn’t harm. Melonie’s understandable positioning, on the fence. Michelle’s reminder to extend love regardless because, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Leslie’s suggestion for more affection.  Angela  ruminates offence. And a remembrance that we don’t have exclusive rights to what is right, truth, or what we can learn love and kindness from.

Now a few bits of goodness pulled in from elsewhere:

Acceptance of the young women’s values to be something great and and an upped ante for embodiment of them by Tracy at BCC. So long pretty, pretty princesses.

A library social worker, to help everyone, especially the many homeless patrons, find the help they need.

We have it better than we realize because it’s so easy to forget how little we came from.

The world does need more love, more goodness and goodness knows we all love good, uplifting entertainment.

Mostly we hope that remembering the terrible, the horrible and the ghastly will hopefully remind us of hope amid anything, and to remember those who make it through.

What would the world know of you if you left your bag behind and someone was kind enough to preserve what others forgot? Kel write a first draft poem in response to these bags this week.

Lost Treasure

It warms my heart

and slices it thinly

(warm, weeping steak)

To see that those who cared

for your sanctuaried body

(your wild sparking, faltering mind)

also carried your treasure safely up stairs

(fragile, lost, forgotten)

after you were gone.

It cracks my heart

and pulls it oddly

(a wonky cardboard suitcase)

to wonder why the dragon shirt

meant so much to you

and you

so little

to those who left you

(and the dragon)

there.

Love. Kindness. Acceptance. I’m glad I found some to share with you this week.


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