Naomi Shihab Nye Before You Know Kindness As the Deepest Thing Inside...
It\u2019s pretty intriguing to follow poet Naomi Shihab Nye\u2019s idea that most of us actually \u201cthink in poems\u201d whether we know it or not. Rarely, as she points out, do you hear anyone say they feel worse after writing things down. That, she says, can be a tool to survive in hard times like these, to anchor our days - and to get into a conversation and community with all of the selves that live on in each of us at any given moment - \u201cyour child self, your older self, your confused self, your self-that-makes-a-lot-of-mistakes.\u201d We also hear her read her beloved poem \u201cKindness\u201d and tell us the story behind it.