If you see a place of hatred by another–
Take a breath
Be kind.
Hate binds to hate.
It needs no urging to expand.
If you witness horror, darkness–
Extend kindness
Offer light
To chase some of the sorrow
It will help heal yours
In kind.
If you learn of rage, of war, of needless famine
If the world unfolds atrocities to bear–
Hold dear to peace
And cultivate compassion,
It will be the only thing to make difference
In repairing
Agonies born of human mind.
If you know of bad
If you recognize the loss of soul
That evil brings–
Be kind.
To those who have been harmed
To those who lost their margin
To yourself …
The knowing it itself
Can make a wound upon your spirit
That kindness bathes in care
To overcome.
Be kind.
Be kind.
Be kind.
Na'ama Yehuda 
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