Tag Archives: Kindness

Why I (Still) Wear A Santa Hat

~To inspire, and witness, the wonder slowly lighting up the little girl’s eyes who is stopped in her tracks as she spies me rounding the corner in the grocery store…along with the ensuing smiles that magically connect us ~To lift … Continue reading

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Speaking of Kindness

Why write or talk about kindness? Yesterday, I suddenly remembered a negative comment from many years ago when I first started to write about my Santa Hat adventures through which I aim to expand my random acts of kindness. A … Continue reading

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Kindness: It’s Contagious!

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
I read a moving letter in an advice column from a lonely widower who had been the surprised beneficiary of a generous act of kindness from two strangers.  His tale lodged a lump of emotion…

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Kindness: It’s Contagious!

I read a moving letter in an advice column from a lonely widower who had been the surprised beneficiary of a generous act of kindness from two strangers.  His tale lodged a lump of emotion in my throat and filled … Continue reading

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Kindness, Kindness, Kindness

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
I think about kindness a lot.  Kindness is redemptive, heartwarming, inspiring, infectious, transformative–whether we are its witness, donor or recipient.  And we all know how a simple act of kindness can offer hope, light the…

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small potatoes

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will … Continue reading

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Gift For A Stranger

  Today, I delivered some cookies I had made to the local soup kitchen in time for the lunch service.  I’ve done this a number of times since we moved here and plan to make it a more frequent practice … Continue reading

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Why Be Heroes?

Well, there’s the obvious reason.  Heroes and their shining heroism make the world a more lovely place.  A place that glows through strengthening the underlying connection among all of us, the “web of belonging” that late mystic and visionary John … Continue reading

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Kindness: Spread The Magic!

Ahhhhhh, kindness.  Its glittering magic is available to us humans all the time.  And like glitter, a little of the gleam from our kind acts manages to stick to us whenever we shower kindness on another. As someone who actively … Continue reading

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Cookies and Kindness

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
? “You can always count on cookies and kindness: Give a cookie and you get joy.”~Dorie Greenspan I wholeheartedly agree with celebrity baker and guru, Dorie Greenspan, who has launched a wonderful cookies and kindness…

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