Category: Walk for Hope

One by One

one by one
our friends
filled with joy and quest
begin to arrive

one by one our friends
the worshipers of ecstasy
begin to arrive

more friends and sweethearts
filling you with love
are on their way

darlings of spring
journeying from gardens
begin to arrive

one by one
living their destiny
in this world

the ones who are gone are gone
but the ones who survived
begin to arrive

all their pockets
filled with gold
from endless treasures

bringing gifts
for the needy of the world
begin to arrive

the weak and the exhausted
the frightened by love
will be gone

the rejuvenated
the healthy and happy
begin to arrive

the pure souls
like the spectrums
of the shining sun

descending from the high heavens
to lowly earth
begin to arrive

luscious and happy
the blessed garden
whose heavenly fruits
spring forth
from the virgin winter
begin to arrive

those who are born
fron the roots
of generosity and love

taking a journey
from paradise to paradise
begin to arrive

Below are stories from the Act of Kindess activity station at the Walk for Hope. 

Different Worlds Meet
By Pam 8/25/2006
A few years ago, I was flying from Amsterdam to San Francisco. I was hours early for my flight and decided to just go to the departure gate and read my book. It so happened that a flight to Tehran was scheduled to leave before mine from the same gate. I was quite interested to watch all the people milling around, about to board that flight.

I became aware of a young Iranian girl of about 14 watching me quite intently. I wondered what she found interesting about me, when I realised that she and I both found each other interesting for probably the same reasons. She possibly figured I wasn’t on her flight, but on the San Francisco one and therefore associated me with America. I wondered if this made her feel resentment. Meanwhile, I was contemplating what it might be like for her heading off to Tehran – a city whose name struck some trepidation in me. As her flight was called, she got up to join her family and board, but before she left, she turned around and gave me the warmest smile and a wave. I smiled back and waved enthusiastically at her. It warmed my heart. I’ve never forgotten her and think on her every time I hear of victims of war in the Middle East.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. – Seneca, philosopher (4BC)
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