Today back at my desk. With a hot water bottle at my back, wool hat and layers; I’m warm. Unlike so many. My resolution is to hold onto hope and to be kind. …to give time, empathy and support and to find ways of helping the people around me. Like buying the Big Issue and talking to the sellers. I will try to remember to give to food banks at supermarkets. I give blood so I’ll book a donation soon. I’ll try to remember to give compliments; buy an extra coffee to ‘pay it forward’ to a stranger. I am holding onto hope and optimism this year and invite you to do the same.
Yesterday I received note of the publication of a story hope. It is the story of a refugee, Kabir. Ghost written by a dear friend and ally of Kabir. Kabir left Afghanistan in 2018, as an unaccompanied minor, to seek a safe life in a safe country, carrying the blessings and prayers of his family. His journey was often perilous, across land, sometimes in a vehicle, many times on foot and also in a dangerously small boat on a rough sea. He was often scared but always determined. He learned about the cruelty that exists in some people and the kindness that exists in others and he found the better person inside himself. His strength and courage and faith carried him, although he hit some very low times along the way. It is his story: Pain is Real but so is Hope. You can buy it on Amazon as a Kindle Book for £3.99
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