We Can Be Kind, a poem
This woman loved to incorporate the arts and listening in her work as a palliative care nurse and teacher.
Starting a new job during the pandemic had been difficult for her because she was a people person and struggled to connect with new coworkers over Zoom.
“I’m trying to focus on doing little things to make people feel better during everything that’s going on in the world,” she told me.
“It’s important to be present and kind to people because you never know what’s going on behind closed doors. As much as possible, I work to actually get to know the people I’m talking to.”
“Be kind,” she emphasized. “We can all be kind!”
Listener Poet Beck Klassen
Cambia Sojourns Scholars
March 2022
We Can Be Kind
Here is a story I tell myself each day
When I remember my blessings:
You can be kind.
You can be present with people, and
Know that you don’t know
What their lives are like.
You can do little things
To make them feel better.
You can get to know them
By listening and not judging.
Being isolated has been difficult,
But I am grounded in the knowledge
That we can be kind.
