Monthly Archives: July 2012

Breaking the Shell

Posted on July 20, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw this quote from a friend and like it, but I believe it is mostly accurate relating to emotional pain rather than physical. “Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” – Kahlil Gibran

Posted in Pain & Grief, Quotes I Love | Tagged Friend, Kahlil Gibran, pain, understanding | 5 Comments

I Love Happy Endings

Posted on July 20, 2012 by russtowne

Remember that bullied bus monitor? People from around the world have donated $700,000 to her to send a message that they’ve had enough of bullies and that most people aren’t bullies. Here’s a URL or link to a beautiful story … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Bullying, Compassion, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Generosity, Healing, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Pain & Grief, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged bullies, bus monitor, donations, retirement, suicide, vacation | Leave a comment

Every Waking Moment

Posted on July 20, 2012 by russtowne

I was just enjoying some wonderful posts at TalkToDiana when I read this question from Diana: “If you could post just one message to the world, what would it be?” Below is my answer. I’d love to hear/read how you … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Compassion, Forgiveness, Generosity, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Observations | Tagged Caring, compassionate, forgiving, generosity, generous, Heaven, hell, kind, kinder, kindness, Life, Love, loving, TalkToDiana | 18 Comments

The Great Blindini

Posted on July 19, 2012 by russtowne

I have a friend named Brent who is blind. He is also a magician. He calls himself The Great Blindini. Here are some snippets from a recent newspaper article about him: Magicians often don a blindfold at some point during … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Choices, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Growth/Learning, Healing, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged amazing, blind, blindness, Brent Gifford, children, courage, entertaining, fear, Friend, great, Hawaii, libraries, magic, magician, The Great Blindini | 25 Comments

Posted on July 18, 2012 by russtowne

Though the topic of this post is a bit outside the norm for my blog, I learned several interesting and clever heat-beating ideas from it and thought that with the heat waves that many are experiencing this information could be … Continue reading →

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To Love You More

Posted on July 18, 2012 by russtowne

I just heard the son of a buddy sing a song that touched me deeply. Here’s a link to it. I was amazed at the level of talent and the power of the singer and the song. Apparantly it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged buddy, Celine, deeply, Dione, Eric, Eric Krop, Krop, Love, more, power, son, To Love You More, touched, you | 12 Comments

Three Little Words

Posted on July 18, 2012 by russtowne

Sometimes kind people do unkind things, and it can be a kindness to privately point out the unkindness in a kind way. Often the three little words “That was unkind” said in a gentle and loving way can have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Compassion, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place | Tagged gentle, impact, kind, kindness, loving, positive, unkindness | 16 Comments

Posted on July 18, 2012 by russtowne

Originally posted on istopforsuffering:
Living with a positive perspective has immense benefits. You live up to your potential –you develop the capacity to embrace all opportunities with enthusiasm, and you allow the simple things in life to lift you. Plus…

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Out of the Mouths of Babes

Posted on July 17, 2012 by russtowne

I think these are great! From http://www.mikeysFunnies.com Russ Today’sFUNNY=========================== OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES! JACK (age 3 )was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister… After a while he asked: ‘Mom why have you got two? Is one … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged babes, child, grandmother, great, humor, kid, Mikey's Funnies, mikeysFunnies, mom, Mother, www.mikeysFunnies.com | 10 Comments

That Which Feeds My Soul

Posted on July 17, 2012 by russtowne

Dear internet friends: I want to come clean about something. I don’t automatically follow someone’s blog just because they follow mine, and I don’t expect anyone to follow mine just because I follow theirs. I’m happy when someone finds something … Continue reading →