It can feel hard to be transparent with people, especially if what we need to share risks causing hurt. Yet honesty it is far kinder in the long run as then people know where they stand and can make their own choices accordingly. The following poem on this theme was inspired by the incredible Brene Brown.

Truly Kind

Clarity is kindness

Then they know where they stand

They’ll take us as they find us

Our words and deeds will land

Clarity is freedom

We practise what we preach

Our boundaries they will heed them

And wide will be our reach

Clarity is sacred

Transparency is key

Sometime it feels quite naked

But we need honesty

Vagueness can be mindless

We seek to understand

So clarity is kindness

We all know where we stand