Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Tenderness is the resting place of love.
~ Unknown
A couple of years ago, I was listening to a meditation by Matt Young from Melbourne Meditation Centre. In the middle of it, he used the word tenderness. Suddenly I found myself awash with tears.
I sat with it. Why had this word affected me so deeply? Why not kindness? Why not gentleness?
Words matter. They cut differently. They land differently.
For me, tenderness carried something the others didn’t … a softness … a connection deep within.
It only takes one word to open a door.
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