A Pandemic of Love

Meeting Coronavirus with a Pandemic of Love.   Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.         Sally Koch – author   Shelly Tygielski, a mindfulness teacher and community organizer from South Florida, had an inspiration of how to respond to the coronavirus with love. In response to a growing need among her social media friends who were facing challenges due […]

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Innovative Help for the Homeless

Innovative Help for the Homeless   My humanity is bound up in yours. We can only be human together.                  Desmond Tutu   In 2012, Veronika Scott needed to design something useful for a school project. She went to a homeless shelter in Detroit to get ideas from people in need. With the help of several homeless folks, she designed a coat that […]

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What Goes Around Comes Around

  What Goes Around Comes Around   “One act of kindness can go on and on and sometimes, like a boomerang, come back to us at a time when we need it the most.”                                                                     … Orly Wahba   There are many reasons why kindness enhances our lives. This week we’re exploring the delightful reality that kindness we give out comes back to us in often unexpected ways. Yes, it […]

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Uplifting Video – Kindness Boomerang

Our video this week is from Orly Wahba   It begins with the way that we see each other. Just open your eyes and see the people in front of you.                              Orly Wahba   As a middle school school teacher, she wanted to help her students experience the joy of kindness. She developed a set of […]

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How to Be a Kindness Magnet

Our inspiration this week comes from Tara Cousineau.    We all have a natural capacity to cultivate empathy, love, generosity, kindness, and joy.        Tara Cousineau   Tara’s article, “How to Be a Kindness Magnet,” begins with her observing her 12-year-old daughter attracting wildlife in the backyard by offering them food. Her kindness was the magnet, and the gift to her was the delight of being in kinship […]

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