Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
LEARNING ABOUT KINDNESS (PART 2)
So many people in my life have inspired me with their ability to be kind. Tristine Rainer was write when he said that writing about these people help me to internalize and possess the very qualities that intrigued me the most. I have been doing this for a while and realized as I sat down today that I have internalized some of the qualities of someone who showed me intense kindness when I was in graduate school.
Her name is Dr Diane M Samdahl and she is one of those people who has left her name inscribed on my heart. She taught me so much about life, not just recreation and leisure studies. When I look back on my relationship and journey with her, there is one moment in particular that I will remember forever.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Song of the Week
You've heard it hundreds of times
Say you're aware, believe and you care
But do you care enough?
Where's your conviction of the heart?
Kenny Loggins challenges us to care with conviction. This is the inspiration from this week's song of the week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQZbB5CUXFI
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
As my mom once taught me, two wrongs don't make a right. Kindness rules. Be Kind.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
For our Metaphysical and Spirituality Book club I have been reading a book called The community of kindness by Rabbi Harold Kushner, who is author of a book many people have heard of called When Bad Things Happen to Good People. It is one of those books that is small in size, but large in understanding. While I am not done with the book yet, I have been struck by a very loving and gentle reminder that kindness builds community.
Sometimes kindness is simple. It is about saying I am sorry or thank you or you’re welcome. So let me being this week by seeking kindness as I apologize for not writing last week and not letting you know I would not be writing last week. That was not kind of me and so I am seeking your forgiveness. I was being kind to myself by allowing myself to focus on the piles of grading I had before me, but in doing so I had forgotten to practice kindness with this community and let you know I was taking a week off. I hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive me.
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Song of the Week
What would happen if everyone cared? That is the question asked my this week's song of the week. https://youtu.be/-IUSZyjiYuY
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
What if we all let the goodness in us shine at the same time? Imagine how we could light up the world
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
LEARNING ABOUT KINDNESS
Being kind is such an important practice to me. I have experienced so many random acts of kindness in my life and am mindful of how it made me feel. I am also mindful of how I feel when I am able to perform acts of kindness with others. So many people in my life have inspired me with their ability to be kind. It is not that I was jealous of their ability to practice kindness. Rather, they inspired me to possess and develop those same qualities within myself. One of the things I have learned to do is write about those people who intrigue me. As Tristine Rainer suggests, inThe New Diary, in doing so I begin to internalize and possess those very qualities.
There have been so many amazingly kind people in my life. The one who taught me the most about kindness is the one who opened her heart and soul to me, my mother.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Focusing on the positive in all of humanity allows kindness to flow with ease and removes obstacles
Thursday, May 12, 2016
SONG OF THE WEEK
May we remember to make a change in the world by starting with ourselves. That is the message behind this week's song of the week. https://youtu.be/PivWY9wn5ps
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
FOR THE SAKE OF AN ANT
Kindness does not to be anything huge. Sometimes it is the most simplistic of things which have life changing effects. This really hit home for me while reading an excerpt from a book called Essential Sufism, by editors James Fadiman and Robert Frager. They present a story about being kind to an ant.
"Service does not have to be great or dramatic. Years ago, the mother of one of the Ottoman sultans was devoted to charity. She built mosques and a great hospital and had public wells dug in parts of Istanbul that were without water. One day, she went to watch the construction of the hospital she was having built, and she saw an ant fall into the wet concrete of the foundation. She lifted the ant out of the concrete and set it on the ground.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Rather then focus on whether someone is deserving of kindness or not, just be kind.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Experiences of Kindness
When was the last time you experienced an act of kindness? Tell us about it.
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
WHAT KINDNESS FELT LIKE
The universe has a sense of humor. I had been thinking about kindness and praying for inspiration about what to write about. I am pretty good at practicing kindness and look for opportunities each day to be kind to others. I so often have focused on how I feel when I am doing something for others. I had not taken time to think about how I feel when someone does something kind for me. Yesterday, however, a friend of mine surprised me with an act of kindness that touched my heart.
It was one of those totally unexpected kind of things. My friend Venetia Carey is a Pink Zebra consultant. We met last December at a vending event we did together.
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Friday, May 6, 2016
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Song of the Week
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
WHY BE KIND?
A friend of mine asked me for 10 reasons to be kind. I thought that was a great way to start this month off. In the process of thinking about and researching this, I found a pre-existing site. So let's start with these reasons as to why be kind
Kindness is encouraged by every major religion, by leaders as diverse as the Dalai Lama to Richard Carlson, the popular author of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series. These books are really about kindness. I did an analysis of the 100 strategies listed in the first book of the Don't Sweat series. 85 of the 100 strategies listed related either to ways to be kind to yourself or others. The title of the series is even the result of a kind act!
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Kindness is encouraged by every major religion, by leaders as diverse as the Dalai Lama to Richard Carlson, the popular author of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series. These books are really about kindness. I did an analysis of the 100 strategies listed in the first book of the Don't Sweat series. 85 of the 100 strategies listed related either to ways to be kind to yourself or others. The title of the series is even the result of a kind act!
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Just like two wrongs do not make a right, two people being unkind does not make things better. Kindness rocks!
Monday, May 2, 2016
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
We all face challenges in our life, as we move through them, may we remember to move through them with kindness
Sunday, May 1, 2016
May 2016 One Spirit Many Voices newsletter
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