April 30

Plant faces the sun

Changing with the light of day

Habits can change too

Alberta 2006

April 29

Cleaning up your house

It's not my burden to bear

When mine is messy

Colorado 2009

April 28

Sometimes rest must come

Tired from pushing through pain

Time to love yourself

Pennsylvania 2014

April 27

Compassion feels good

No harm in helping two hearts

You, and someone else

Japan 2013

April 26

No love for myself

How can I love another?

It starts from within

April 25

Compassion does flow

And smooth the hardest edges

It softens the shape

Alberta 2015

April 24

Alone we are weak

Often we need help to bloom

It's okay to ask

Japan 2013

April 23

Wind may be howling

Grey skies lingering too long

Still take time to breathe

Alaska 2008

April 22

We make assumptions

Seeing only the surface

Though pain lies beneath

Pennsylvania 2012

April 21

Think beyond yourself

When you must always be right

Then pride falls

England 2006

 

April 20

Blooms may close at night

But the sun still shines somewhere

For tomorrow's bloom

Pakistan 2010

 

April 19

Something's out of place

And it doesn't feel quite right

Change it with small steps

Alberta 2015

April 18

Pride must surely fall

Still we can appreciate

When we do some good

China 2014

April 17

A smile is simple

And so is a compliment

We can try daily

India 2011

April 16

The struggle of birth

Feeling resistance, we pause

Then keep on fighting

Baby owl, Pennsylvania 2012

April 15

Surface appearance

Is sometimes all we can see

And yet we still judge

South Korea 2013

April 14

The flower below

The tree towering over

Both are beautiful

California 2010

April 13

Snip flower's dead bloom

To see a second blossom

Otherwise, no growth

Singapore 2013

April 12

No hesitation

To be kind to another

Question if you do

Georgia 2008

April 11

Day by day we go

Plodding onward mindlessly

Dare to stop the trend

Alberta 2013

April 10

I see in others

Whatever I see in me

Compassion results

Indonesia 2010

April 9

Balance is needed

Though I may put others first

I am worthy, too

Alberta 2015

April 8

I have more mercy

On my old self than I did

When I was younger

Japan 2013

April 7

An action may work

We can often choose better

Each day is progress

Alberta 2016

April 6

Each day take one step

To move on to tomorrow

Change waits for no one

India 2010

April 5

Collect small branches

Soon the collection grows large

A warm nest is built

Alberta 2016

April 4

Patience for yourself

Each day cannot be perfect

But you can still love

Bali 2012

April 3

New life in the spring

After the cold of winter

We need each season

Pennsylvania 2014

April 2

Compassion lifts us

It produces no evil

We can only gain

Alberta 2013

April 1

In moments alone

There is no need to panic

But savour the calm

Alberta 2015