The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
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Category Archives: Kindness
The Great Gift I Got This Morning
Natures Symphony-Final Mix I belong to a men’s group. About 50 of us meet once a month in a park with big grassy areas, various elevations, and a lot of redwoods. Long-time readers know that I love redwoods. At our … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts, Joy & Happiness, Kindness, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged "Nature's Sympony", circle, fifty, gift, lyric, men, men's group, morning, music, nature, redwoods, song, symphony
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Collateral Compassion and Kindness
When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, “Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison.” And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, “Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful.” … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Kindness, Love, My Beliefs, Quotes I Love, Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere
Tagged beautiful, collateral compassion, collateral kindness, compassion, disappointment, hate, Kahlil Gibran, kindness, Life, self, selfish, unbeautiful, understanding, wordsmith.org, world
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Chito and Pocho
I saw a post on FB that touched me, and here are some snippets: Deep in the Costa Rican jungle, a fisherman named Chito discovered a crocodile that had been shot in the eye by a cattle farmer and left … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Friendship, Healing, Kindness, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Chito, crocodile, Friendship, jungle, Love, Pocho, sta Rican
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Terrible Times, and Choices
A recent post discussed difficult times. In the comments section of that post some comments were made something to the effect that difficult times can make someone better and more kind. I agree. Below is part of a reply I … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Choices, Kindness, Loss, Making the World a Better Place
Tagged Caring, choice, choices, empathic, kind, loving, path, paths, terrible times
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Gossip Machines
I try not to feed Gossip Machines As they are often Untrue and mean I can’t say I never fed them Because that would be untrue In my weaker moments I gossiped Though I now work hard not to Gossip … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Communicating, Kindness, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Poetry I Wrote, Truth
Tagged cruel, gossip, helpful, kind, machine, mean, poem, poetry, true
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All Heroes To Me
These people are all heroes to me. They are window washers at a children’s hospital in Pittsburgh. Can you imagine what it would feel like to be seriously ill and see Spiderman, Superman, or Batman right outside your window, waving … Continue reading
Posted in Attittude, Compassion, Heroes, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Kindness, Making the World a Better Place, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Batman, childrens', Heroes, hospital, Pittsburgh, Spiderman, superheroes, Superman
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Beautifiers
“Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.” –Charles Dickens (Source: Wordsmith.org) Beautifiers I agree They are indeed And believe Those attributes And attitudes Along with kindness And gratitude Beautify lives And worlds. –Russ Towne
Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 