{"id":61471,"date":"2025-09-15T08:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61471"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:08:18","slug":"kindness-travels-through-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61471","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Travels Through Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kingfisher\"<\/p>\n

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This wild Kingfisher’s grandparent, I found in the garden, nearly dead, some years ago. Nursed him back to health, and set him free. The next morning, the family swooped down, past me, in gratitude.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A couple of years later, I awoke to find the next generation, a parent of this bird, waiting for me on the terrace, his wing seemed broken. I picked him up and examined him. He never flinched, and stared deeply into my eyes. A thorn had locked his wing from operating. I pulled it out, and set him free. Without fail, he passes my window every day at the same time, crying out to me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This baby, sat in the tree, eye to eye with me, then flew directly to my hand, and sat there for several minutes, before flying away.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Intuition, compassion, good intent, those essences of love, was all we had. Pure, unspoken.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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An energy that has no end, and passes silently onward, much further than we can imagine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This wild Kingfisher’s grandparent, I found in the garden, nearly dead, some years ago. Nursed him back to health, and set him free. The next morning, the family swooped down, past me, in gratitude. A couple of years later, I awoke to find the next generation, a parent of this bird, waiting for me on … <\/p>\n

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