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Nota bene
I wrote this blog posting in 2016. However, now it is clear that its words and sentiments ring truer and more urgent today than when I first wrote it.
Moreover, as tomorrow is World Kindness Day, then, perhaps the best we can do today, on Remembrance Sunday, is to ensure that we will thrive to build a world of peace and justice by embracing kindness to defeat the political economy of hatred and despair.
Be Kind to Yourself, Be Kind to Others. You reconcile all beings in the world.
“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”― Lao Tzu
At this time of nationalism and bombast, the Coventry message of hope reminds us of our shared humanity across backgrounds, faiths, civilisation and cultures. And at a time when our country is divided, pitting itself against our European neighbours, we’d do well to remember the hopeful and enduring story of Coventry.
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Addressing our collective suffering across the world and across time
'We live in troubled times, but can fear be a force for good?'
In short, can the history of fear also be the history of hope?
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N.B. When I get up each day and look all around me, and see what is happening across the globe, the questions that keep coming to my mind are, given the epidemic rise in fear, hopelessness and despair, that we are all seeing and feeling around us, can we really in all honesty live without hope, and can fear ultimately be the key that unlocks the door to hope? In short, can the history of fear also be the history of hope? These are some of the questions we’ll explore in this blog post, showing our solidarity and support for those who are struggling, whilst also giving ourselves hope that brighter days are ahead. We must not despair, but walk on. We must not fall, but stand tall. We must not just survive, but thrive all together.
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"I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colours are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and its content."- Lin Yutang
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