Naomi Shihab Nye Your Life Is a Poem
b'\\u201cWhen you\\u2019re in a very quiet place, when you\\u2019re remembering, when you\\u2019re savoring an image, when you\\u2019re allowing your mind calmly to leap from one thought to another, that\\u2019s a poem.\\u201d Naomi Shihab Nye\\u2019s poem \\u201cKindness\\u201d has traveled around the world. She grew up between Ferguson, Missouri, Ramallah, and Jerusalem. She insists that language must be a way out of cycles of animosity. She\\u2019d have us notice \\u201cpetite discoveries\\u201d that embolden us to choose human nourishment over division. \\u201cBefore you know what kindness really is / you must lose things.\\u201d'