“Kindness makes you the most beautiful person in the world no matter what you look like. ”
Skies of the City
Tonight as I watch the colors of the sun set behind the trees I see the woman I now call in my head “my little nonna” Her black silhouette pops out onto the balcony and she places a piece of laundry to hang high above the world below. She clips it carefully and it begins to tossle back and forth in the evening breeze. She disappears inside only to slip back out, this time the broom is silhouetted across her body. She makes a few sweeps and completes her duties.
It is lovely to watch her and the black shadows remind me that it doesn’t matter what your color, your race, your ethnicity because in the night we are all the same.
I was reminded of how for many people in this world, they do not receive the comfort and kindness that should be bestowed. The opinion that the color of your skin represents who one is as a person continues to flabbergast me internally. It saddens me that many of my friends feel the snubs of the world based on such things as the color of their skin.
As I watched my little nonna tonight I thought how all of us are like dark shadows, silhouettes, who can be loved, who are valued and it doesn’t matter where we come from, what we look like, but only that we maintain a constancy in giving of kindness towards one another. It seems so simple, and yet for some, it is so complicated.
One step at a time and things will change. I look forward to continuing to being a part of the continued process in bringing a little bit of hope to others that change will happen thanks to God.
Goodnight to all of the nonna’s and nonno’s out there who are sweeping their balconies and hanging their laundry, you have no idea how you may be inspiring someone.
Buona notte from Italy