Can we all get on that path?

That path,

That path of kindness, caring and helping.

That path of beauty, peace and flowing friendliness

That path of doing the extra thing just to make one happy

That path of endless joy and happiness

Can we all get on that path?

Are you seeking?

Seeking joy and happiness

Seeking truth and harmony

Seeking to be free and be loved

Please consider to get on that path.

Let us get all on the path of kindness.

Is it difficult to get on the path?

All we need to do is think some kind thoughts

Look for the good in another

Talk and act friendly

Perform a random kind act

It is easy to get on the path.

Come and get on that path.

The difficult part is to stay on the path.

We have so many distractors

We deal with unfriendly people.

Not easy to remain kind all the time

But it is OK to get off the path on and off.

Just come back as soon as you can

To that path of kindness...

That path of joy and happiness.

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Really good poetry https://aufiezophypoems.blogspot.com/

some beautiful inspirational quotes:  https://quotesfromhans.blogspot.com/ 

a fantastic short story: https://afishwithawish.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-fish-with-wish-whole-story.html

or look at some beautiful skies: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/mysite-1/skies-seen-by-hans 

or beautiful flowers: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/flowersbyhans

or simply some essays about good things: https://abcofvirtues.blogspot.com/

A JOY forever

    This afternoon, I got a call from a friend who was a teacher for the disabled. She had dedicated her life to help classes and classes of disabled children to reach their best potential and to live a life of purpose using whatever talent they got. I admire persons like this for what they do. 

Today she called me about her friend. Her friend had delivered a baby in the hospital where I work and was after three days still in the ward because of a problem with her heart. She got a bit depressed about having to spend so long in the ward and also today the docs in charge of her, thought it was not yet safe to let her go home. 

The teacher with her wonderful heart agreed to pay for her friend, so she could get a comfortable room instead of the open ward. I helped a bit to arrange the private service that is available in a wing in our hospital. The teacher went to settle the payments by 6pm and at 8.45 pm I read her message that her friend was still not transferred to the private wing. She had allowed herself to become very upset with the nurses from the public ward for waiting for the next shift to send her friend to the private wing. 

I read a series of her messages on my phone really expressing her disappointment with the nurses who lacked the empathy to arrange a transfer of a depressed mother to a much more comfortable room that was already paid for. I agreed somehow that the nurses were not displaying a high level of empathy with new mom, who experienced feelings of depression. 

    I think we have to be patient a bit. 

Many of us, including the teacher from the (real) story above, have found the humongous joy that lies in caring for others, in helping people, in going the extra mile and doing something a bit out of the ordinary to uplift some of our friends, family or even strangers. At this moment in time, it looks like many other people have not yet discovered this unlimited source of humongous joy.

Let us not become angry with those who are still searching for that source. Let us try to inspire them. Hiding all the good things we do under the pretext of selflessness, humility or modesty will slow down the process of spreading the knowledge of what is the source of the most humongous joy. Let us not cling to unnecessary shyness about the good we do. The news is already full of bad things. Let us spread the good things in our life. This is not boasting, this is not pride; let us make it a point to inspire at least a few others tomorrow. If it was successful, we can repeat it every month or even every week or every day. Imagine how the knowledge will snowball. and how our world will soon be filled with loving kindness, people helping each other and making the extra effort to relieve suffering and increase joy. A humongous JOY 

 

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I started to build "the kindness revolution" website. I will add in poems, essays and RAK. 

Can visit the site via this link:  https://the-kindness-revolution.webnode.com/

 

A small story of empathy...

The last day of the week, just before ending my work in the hospital I dropped by at the special care nursery, the ward for babies who need hospitalization but not (or no longer) intensive care. There is a facility for mothers to room in with the babies, meaning there is a bed for the mom and a cot for the baby, so they can stay together. 

There was one mother and the medical officer in charge had told her, as had been planned before, that the baby would be discharged after the weekend. The mother asked to be discharged earlier. As the specialist in charge, I was able to convince her to stay until after the weekend. However as we walked away from the place where mothers are rooming in, a thought came to my mind so vividly: the thought about the time when I was warded myself and how much I had wanted to go home. I discussed for awhile with my medical officer and we both agreed that it would be reasonably safe to discharge the baby the next day, even though it was a weekend. We had just stopped one important medication and felt both that one more night of close observation would be enough. We agreed to assess the baby tomorrow and if OK, to let them go home.

We called the mom in our counseling room for the discharge counseling. Upon hearing that we would most likely allow discharge on the next day (pending a favorable assessment of the baby's condition) instead of after the weekend, the the mom was so happy that tears rolled over her cheeks. The whole session, in which we gave our usual advice on how to take care at home of a baby who had been very sick at birth, was so filled with happiness and smiles that it was such a big pleasure. 

 

The mom was super-happy. The medical officer and I were as happy as the mom. We had just considered for a while in an empathetic way, the feelings of the mom and had made a short reassessment of the baby's condition. It had allowed us to change our decision and this had generated so much happiness. What a wonderful way to start our weekend! 

 

I am so grateful that the thought of my own hospitalization came to mind at just the right time. I think that is conscience. My conscience, the conscience of the world, the conscience of the universe sending us thoughts, feelings, nudges. Many times we ignore these thoughts, but if we are brave enough to take them serious and are willing to act on them, it can have such a big positive effect on our life and also on that of others.