Inviting Awe and Wonder into Our Lives

  Inviting Awe and Wonder into Our Lives Sometimes we need to be taught how and where to seek wonder, but it’s always there, waiting, full of mystery and magic. Diane Ackerman   Do you need a break from discussions of serious matters that weigh heavily on your heart and mind? During the last few weeks, I have felt myself experiencing sadness, frustration and a bit of overwhelm, as I […]

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How Do We Become a Kinder Community?

How Do We Become a Kinder Community? Community isn’t something that just happens to us. It’s something we build. Naheed Nenshi     This is a continuation of my last message, Who do We Want to Be as a Community?  Reading it will give you a background for this post. Once we choose a lens of kindness through which to view homeless people, we are inclined to think about solutions […]

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Who do We Want to Be as a Community?

  Who Do We Want to Be as a Community? Find the goodness in everyone and pass it on with kindness. Dolly Parton   We are in the middle of a crisis. Throughout our country, we are seeing a dramatic increase in people who are experiencing homelessness. It is a reality that affects millions of people – those who are living without a home and those who encounter them in […]

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What Is Your Intention for Your Kindness Journey?

What Is Your Intention for Your Kindness Journey “I’ve found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how, but 80 percent is knowing why.” Tony Robbins   Larry and I talked a lot this week about our intention for our life together and for our Kindness work. We realized that our big “Why” is to help create the world we envision – a world in which people are kind […]

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