Deep Down, There is No Difference

July 17, 2014Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Quotes, Reflections Tags: compassion, empathy, equality, humanity, kindness, NaamaYehuda, No More War, Soul teaching, The Dalai Lama

Because a baby

born

is all human potential

bundled

into hope.

Because a smile of open joy

is recognizable

without the understanding

of a single word.

Because the tears of pain

bleed heartache in all languages.

Because no outward space

or god or faith

bestows on some

more air to breathe

or right to love

and caring growth

than to the babies of others.

Because indeed

deep down

and in all the places that matter

there is

no difference.

5 thoughts on “Deep Down, There is No Difference”

Beautiful, and true.

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Lynette Danylchuk
July 17, 2014 at 10:12 pm
- Thank you, Lynette. In these tender days, I find that sometimes all one can do is hold on to Truths that connect, rather than separate us. I have not seen a baby yet that I did not find lovable and worthy. It is what guides me. May hope hold strong when hate rages on.
  
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  Na'ama Yehuda
  July 17, 2014 at 10:21 pm
Very well said! Thanks. Hope you are doing okay with all the pulls and worries of your heart.

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Adele
July 18, 2014 at 12:34 am
I love these powerful words, so eloquently composed, so clear and getting right to the heart of the problem between so many members of our human family. Poets often chronicle their times, and you are speaking for us right now. I heard a BBC interview last night with a poet tasked with sharing the horrors in El Salvador, who called herself a “witness.” You are able to be such a one for us today. Thanks you, and bless you!

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Sonnische
July 18, 2014 at 8:40 am
- Thank you, Sonnische. It helps to share words, it helps to re-name truth, so often missed or minimized or hidden under fear or anger, need for power or agendas. All it takes, really, is to see a baby, and I know. KNOW. That there is no difference. Never was. Hugs, Na’ama
  
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  Na'ama Yehuda
  July 18, 2014 at 12:11 pm