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kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ~author unknown
this summer i’ve so enjoyed spending time at home in my cozy little cottage with family and friends and animals and thinking back to last summer when i set off on a long journey to see my family in...
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happy national common courtesy day.
courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. – henry clay —- image credit: tumblr.com
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advice.
out walking with the kinders i come up behind an unlikely pair who generally aren’t together, mid-conversation. one who is learning to cope with separating from a twin, the other who is having a hard...
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everything.
kinders find tiny ants, roly-poly’s, and baby spiders when playing on the sidewalk and decide to create a playground for them using all of their pretty chalks. — “everything has beauty, but not...
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courage.
Boars, frogs, naga, lionsand tigers and elephants, oh my! During the BBC’s coverage of the ongoing cave rescue operation in Thailand, they came across this adorable cartoon by Bangkok-based...
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the next one.
kinder climbs to the top and reaches back down. — “the way I see it, if you climb the wall, you reach back down and help the next one up.” -carolyn aronson
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giving.
‘help yourself, but please leave bowl. enjoy!’ another friendly neighbor’s offering left on the steps to their house discovered while out walking. — ‘the people who give you their food, give you...
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all part of one another.
what a totally unexpected and much appreciated kindness: a sympathy card in the mail signed by every person in my vet’s office after helping my pet to pass on peacefully on my last trip there. — “the...
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missing her.
when the kinders learned that their classmate was injured and recovering at home they quickly gathered to make their friend a special card wishing her well and letting her know in their own way how...
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warm.
each year i happily take part in a wonderful program to help warm the children. through the generosity of the local community money and time are donated to provide new warm clothing for children in...
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each other.
“people fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” – dr....
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inclusion.
the kinders made a wonderful house for rocket the turtle, with many rooms and spaces, including his very own garden and library. — “until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living...
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gentle.
kinder gently tucks his little ones in when playing dad. — “a gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.” -george herbert
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what people do.
“the most important thing on earth is for all of us to make this sentence true: compassion is what people do.” -glennon doyle melton — image credit: interfaith council for peace and justice,...
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make a difference.
neighborhood resource fair serving detroit and hamtramck residents. *GLOBAL DETROIT is a nonprofit regional economic development initiative that believes immigrants and refugees are critical to job...
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sad raccoon.
on my neighborhood nextdoor site – written by a kind neighbor: “we found a raccoon in our driveway that looks sad and is not moving. is there anything we can do about it?” — “let us fill our hearts...
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a little kindness.
in our after-school art club the children painted kindness stones and hid them in the garden for other children to find knowing it would make them smile when they discovered these secret stones...
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falling.
it was a quiet, simple act a couple walking in my direction stopped the man bent down to tie his companion’s shoe and in this tiny moment revealed his heart. — “let me tie your shoes. i don’t...
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growing.
as we watched the big kids perform ‘a christmas carol’ the kinder kept whispering and asking ‘why is that man so mean?’ ‘why is he so crabby?’ ‘how can he be that mean?’ I told them that later in...
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