On our daily walks
I point out to my 4 year-old
the beauty in the everyday,
not only the beauty of nature,
of trees and flowers,
but also the kindness of people,
because I know one day, probably soon,
he will see the news
and realise how cruel
people can be to each other,
and he will ask me why
and I won't have an answer.
But at least this way,
I will be able to remind him of the kindness:
the people holding open doors
for the people behind them,
the people giving strangers directions,
the person getting out of their car
to help push someone else's broken-down car
to the side of the road,
the people rushing over
to the person who fell down,
gently helping them up,
handing them back what they dropped,
and all those replies of thank you,
thank you,
thank you,
Thank you.

"People" - @/itsnicethat