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Friday, 20th of March 2026, is NOWRUZ, the ancient Persian New Year celebration with roots extending back over 3,000 years, making it one of the world’s oldest, continuously celebrated holidays. Originating from Zoroastrianism (the ancient religion of Persia), it marks the spring equinox and symbolises renewal and the victory of light over darkness.
No bombs or religious dogmatism will ever be able to cancel Nowruz
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Sahar, you, your friends, the brave youth of Iran, you are all the lights in this time of darkness. You are the hope in these days of hopelessness. You will ensure that a new Iran will be born again.
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This Blog was first posted on 24 February 2021 and updated with new additions on 10 March 2026
Embracing the Hope of March and Poetic Wilderness
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Amid so many ominous events in the wider world, It seems, as Wendell Berry writes, “it’s hard to have hope”. But have it we must. In these days environmental catastrophe, present and to come, wars and destruction, indifference, intolerance, divisions and suchlike are some of the great enemies of hope, Berry’s poetry is a call to build hope “on the ground under your feet”.To my mind, given my decades of ‘Dawning’ (The ancient ritual of going outside to watch the coming of day – the practice of witnessing the sunrise), reading and reciting poetry, which mainly encompasses the mystery, beauty, and wonders of Mother Nature, poetry is a small but significant way to sustain our spirit, hope and resilience. In short, embracing the poetic wilderness has empowered me not to despair but to walk on.
“Reading or writing poetry creates a space for empathy, for seeing another person, for bearing witness to our common humanity. Poetry, and the arts more generally, allow that chance to be human together with our patients…Empathy is essential for our survival . . . without empathy, how would we heal?”... “When we hear rhythmic language and recite poetry, our bodies translate crude sensory data into nuanced knowing . . . feeling becomes meaning.”-Poet and physician Rafel Campo, M.D.
Embracing the Hope of March and Poetic Wilderness
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A Reflection on the Transformational Power of Kindness to Build a Better and more Fulfilling Life: Be Kind to Yourself, Be Kind to Others. You reconcile all beings in the world: Kindness to Make the World Great Again
‘Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see’-Mark Twain
‘So much of what we value is in fact preserved by kindness and is compatible with it. We can be kind and successful, kind and exciting, kind and wealthy and kind and potent. Kindness is a virtue awaiting our rediscovery and our renewed, un-conflicted appreciation.’- The Book of Life
‘Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts.’
As long as greed and selfishness are stronger than kindness and selflessness, there will always be suffering and pain
One of the greatest gifts of our humanity is kindness, to give it, to share it, and to receive it.
Time is now to answer the call of our humanity and start the mother of all revolutions: The Kindness Revolution