A tone of voice can be many things,
It can hurt
It can wound
It can make or break a relationship,
It can soothe
It can repair
It can show compassion and care,
It can be
Seductive
Alluring
Enticing
Inviting
Or it can be
Closed
Cutting
Spiteful
Hurtful.

Be aware of the power of tone
How it can lovingly embrace,
Or slice through bone.
Listen out for what is behind others’ words
As well as your own,
Be clear with your intention,
Be kind
Be compassionate
Be forgiving
To all
With all you say,
Including to yourself

Open your ears
And listen,
Truly listen,
With an open mind,
Inquisitively
Unjudgementally
Unfiltered,
With no pre-conceived false slights
Tainting what you hear,
No black tinted spectacles
Marring your view,
No perceived attack
Altering your perception.
Just listen,
Truly hear,
Notice
The tone of voice,
The intention behind the words,
Know what is really being said,
And understand
The truth of the matter

Love trumps fear
The end

Love trumps fear
Love trumps all
All you need is Love

It’s safe now
You’re home now
You can come out now
From behind the barbed wire
Of your troubled mind of turmoil and strife
With its venomous insults, fear and pain.
I invite you my beautiful vulnerable imperfect child
To come into the light
To experience the grace of God
To know all is well now
You are free now
You can laugh now
You can live now.
Surrender and
Give yourself
Fully
Completely
Wonderfully
To God
And know
You are loved
And accepted
Beyond all compare
You are safe now
You are home now