Category Archives: Kindness

Score One for the 1st Amendment & Helping Others

Posted on August 28, 2018 by russtowne

Image credit: Marcus Wallis via Unsplash.com A U.S. federal court has ruled that people have the Constitutional right to distribute food in a public place. The homeless can now be fed in public places without the Good Samaritans fearing arrest … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 18, 2018 by russtowne

Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash A heart-felt thank you to the many kind people who are my wings and inspire me to learn to fly. It’s a beautiful feeling to step off into the unknown every day knowing there … Continue reading →

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Way to Go, Worcester!

Posted on August 15, 2018 by russtowne

Photo by Swaraj Tiwari on Unsplash How one man with big trouble who did what he had to do without complaint inspired a town. This story delighted me. I saw the article at Leo @ Not All News is Bad. … Continue reading →

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“What I’ve Learned”

Posted on August 3, 2018 by russtowne

Image credits: Adria Crehuet Cano via UnSplash.com   THINGS GETS BETTER WITH AGE I’ve learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing “Silent Night.” Age 5 I’ve learned that our dog doesn’t want to eat my … Continue reading →

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A Drenched Woman Saves the Day

Posted on July 13, 2018 by russtowne

Photo Credit: Reza Shayestehpour via Unsplash.com A stranger opened her home with ten minutes notice to save a beach wedding that had gotten rained out. I was deeply touched when reading the article linked below about her kindness. A Drenched … Continue reading →

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Way to Go, Toronto!

Posted on June 18, 2018 by russtowne

Photo Credit raw pixel via Unsplash.com An eighteen-year old who desperately wanted to get a job so he could feed his family was caught trying to shoplift the clothes he needed for a job interview. Instead of arresting him, the … Continue reading →

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I Love Every Aspect of this Story

Posted on April 28, 2018 by russtowne

Strangers meet on a subway. A forty-year-old father struggling with math problems he hasn’t seen for thirty years so he can help his young son do better in school. Seated next to him is a man who used to be … Continue reading →

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Golden Gifts

Posted on December 7, 2017 by russtowne

    I love the tradition described in the link and snippets below.  May the tradition expand throughout the world. It began in 2014, when a Boston widow carefully wrapped her engagement and wedding rings in paper, along with “a … Continue reading →

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Gifts and Choices

Posted on November 9, 2017 by russtowne

I just read excerpts from a speech given by Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame that I really liked. The next two paragraphs were my favorite part of the article by Ruth Umoh at CNBC.com: Bezos told the Princeton grads that … Continue reading →

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A Human Chain Saves a Whole Family

Posted on July 14, 2017 by russtowne

This article touched me, and I wanted to share it with you. Human Chain Saves Family I found the article via Leo @ Not All News is Bad With Love, Russ

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