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Naomi Shihab Nye — “Before You Know Kindness As the Deepest Thing Inside...”

On Being with Krista Tippett

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What Kindness Really Is?

"Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness, you must travel where the indian in a white poncho lies dead by the side of the road," he writes. "Only kindness that ties your shoes and sends you out into the day to gaze at bread." The poem was written after an emotional break-up between him and his partner. He says writing things down can help people feel better about their situation.

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