There is kindness out there

There is kindness out there.

It is a kindness I didn't know existed. At least not for me.

I have opened out my arms, not in expectation and not in demand, but I hope, in welcoming.

And I have found there is a kindness out there, near and far. It is closer than you would expect and it comes from further afield than I would ever dream of.

It can have a beautiful familiar face, it can have the smiling face of an acquaintance, it can be anonymous but beautiful all the same.

There is pain out there and there is pain in here. There is cruelty and blameless hurt. There is the sharp pinch of an icky surprise. It has many faces, none you'd want to see again, some you can't see and that is a pain in itself.

But there is kindness out there.

I have opened out my arms.

There is a kindness out there for me.

It has come in a warm breeze and I have been enveloped  in a sea of it.

There is a kindness out there

and there is a kindness in here

and I am happy to share it