Gems 5.118

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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Special thanks to Brad2 for sharing the poem on KindSpring.org.

If I Had Known

Mary Carolyn Davies

If I had known what trouble you were bearing;
What griefs were in the silence of your face;
I would have been more gentle and more caring,
And tried to give you gladness for a space.
I would have brought more warmth into the place,
If I had known.

If I had known what thoughts despairing drew you;
(Why do we never try to understand?)
I would have lent a little friendship to you,
And slipped my hand within your hand,
And made your stay more pleasant in the land,
If I had known.

Gems 5.73

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.73

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Sorry, I forgot it’s Les Misérables week on under1000skies. I do these Gems day-by-day and, that fast, I got sidetracked (yesterday) by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Pretty sure he wasn’t in Les Mis. Our beautiful Audrey wasn’t either — though she would have nailed it no doubt if she had been. Continue reading →

Gems 5.72

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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Quote contributed by Rajni. Thank you! ♡

“Humans aren’t as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.”

-Neil deGrasse Tyson