The Heart Remembers the First Kindness

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tikatarot6 days agoPeakD3 min read

We started in the light, before the crowd taught us how to perform, and before judgment crept into our own minds,
We started in the light, not as empty vessels, but as complete being, already born to extending mercy,
We started in the light, endowed with the innate wisdom to extend our hands before retreating,
We started in the light, where every gaze was pure and every heart was aware of its own reflection,
We began in the light, and no shadow, however long, can alter the source of that radiance…

The heart remembers her first memory of kindness, the gentle urge to help without expecting anything in return.
The heart remembers her first memory of kindness, that sacred pull to comfort what trembles near us,
The heart remembers her first memory of kindness, though time has taught us to guard instead to give,
The heart remembers her first memory of kindness, for love is a muscle—to use it, and we grow with it again,
The heart remembers her first memory of kindness, and so we practice daily, until it becomes our own breath…

The world rehearses forgetting, repeating the lesson that cruelty is but a clever stance and tenderness is but naive,
The world practices forgetting, training us to wear masks and call them as strength,
The world rehearses forgetting, while the spirit beneath yearns for its native gentleness,
The world rehearses forgetting, and we, too, become actors in a caught up drama that doesn’t truly belong to us,
The world rehearses forgetting, but truth remains patient, waiting for silence to shatter into the spell…

The way back is quiet, not loud or grand, but rather slow as the morning’s dawn,
The way back is quiet, found in small mercies- a kind word, the unguarded smile,
The way back is quiet, when we trade judgment for curiosity and our own pride for peace,
The way back is quiet, paved with humble choices that mold our unseen days,
The way back is quiet, where that kind of goodness doesn’t need to shout to change the world…

Inner wisdom clears the path, dispelling the clutter of our beyond borrowed fears,
Inner wisdom clears the path, reminding us that we were never meant to be separated from kindness,
Inner wisdom clears the path, by teaching us that we already possess everything we already need,
Inner wisdom clears the path, demonstrating that holiness resides within us, not above us in order to be whole,
Inner wisdom clears the path, allowing us to walk again as we once did once—bare, free, and unashamed…

Watchwords:
• We began in light once before
• The heart remembers her first memory of kindness
• The world rehearses forgetting
• The way back is all but quiet
• Inner wisdom clears the path