Living with Awe and Wonder Wisdom begins in wonder ~ Socrates What do awe and wonder have to do with kindness? All my life, I have treasured memories of a few, dramatic moments when I felt awe and wonder, but I never connected those experiences to my interactions with other people. Recently, I read an article by Dacher Keltner that broadened […]
Gratitude is the Wellspring of Kindness The Root of joy is gratefulness. It is not joy that makes us grateful. it is gratitude that makes us joyful. Brother David Steindl-Rast What do we do when we hear about everything that is going wrong in the world? It is so easy to let our minds carry us […]
Always Stay Humble and Kind “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.” C. S. Lewis Staying humble and kind seems like a prerequisite for being in service to others. This means that our journey on our kindness path is directed by our heart […]
Tapping into the Power of Your Heart “It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.” … Thomas Carlyle The heart is the seat of our power. It holds wisdom that the head cannot reach. It’s in our hearts where we remember that we are connected and that we belong to each other. Everything starts here. What we hold in our hearts shows up […]
