kindness
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Days 122-126 – Mom’s Ticket to Heaven – in Four Words
She is not saying she has a ticket, of course. Humble people never make such claims. But she may know how you could acquire yours. She offered her four-word counsel back at her 103rd birthday. “What is your best advice to… Continue reading
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Days 18-22 – A Muscular Kindness
A gentle sun is born from powerful blazes. Fireplace flames rise from wood split with strength…Without courageous action, kindness becomes nothing more than a sweet gesture. Humanity’s sun shines when tenderness glows with strength. “That my kindness exists comes not… Continue reading
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Days 257-261 The Miracle of Mercy
Shouldering the wounded & naked “stranger” on his beast of burden is The Good Samaritan himself, the protagonist of the greatest parable of love in the history of the world. Continue reading
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Days 98-102 -Companions in Solitude
We carry the currency of companionship with us every day. Continue reading
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Days 41-45 – When Outward Action Changes Inner Thoughts
Kindness and grace are not mere “tools” of caregiving but lovely ways of expressing our being. How do you display your warmth? – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 179-180 – Sacred Story
“Can we face into our stories courageously and artfully enough to grow all the way into Radical Loving Care?” Continue reading
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Days 362-363 – The New Year’s Bell of Kindness
“See the stars? How content they are in their shining. And there stands the embattled sailor. How intent he is on conquering the sea when he could choose to reach into a quieter night and ring the silver bell of… Continue reading
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Days 200-201 What Does It Really Mean To Be Kind?
Watercolor Polyprint ~liz Wessel Kindness by ~Naomi Shihab Nye Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand,… Continue reading
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Day 320 – Tender Heroes of Love
Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. "The holiest spot on earth is one where an ancient hatred has become a present love" – anonymous street graffiti In awakened awareness, silence… Continue reading
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Day 175 – Who the Adviser Can’t Advise
The Greeks built flaws into their heroes. We expect our heroes to be flawless – especially if they are so bold as to advise us on how we should behave. Continue reading
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