Dawnings
What is kindness?
By Nicholas Hooper
What is kindness?
Is it giving whatever is asked of you?
or is it listening to what is needed of you?
Sometimes it’s kind to say no?
or is kinder to say why?
Mostly I believe that we are not kind enough
and that starts with ourselves.
How can you love your neighbour as yourself
if you don’t love yourself?
So be kind to yourself, not selfish, not greedy,
but real care and love.
Then your love will grow outwards to others
and kindness has started.
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper