“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing /inside, you must know sorrow as the other/deepest thing./ You must wake up with sorrow./You must speak to it till your voice catches the/ thread of all sorrows and you see the size of the/ cloth./ Then it is only kindness that makes sense/ anymore, only kindness that ties your shoes/ and sends you out into the day to mail letters/ and purchase bread,/only kindness that raises its head in front the/ crowd of the world to say/it is I you have been looking for,/and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.”
– Naomi Shihab Nye
(Golden Acrylics, Sharpie Pen, Royal & Langnickel Brushes, Handbook Journal Co.)
2 Comments
Traci
The quote is perfect for me too. Seeing your art each day is joy and so happy for you.❤
Joy
Thank you, dear one. It is not lost on me that I had to lose everything for this precious gift to appear in my life. <3