Category Archives: Kindness

“Excuse Me, Princess, May I Have Your Autograph

Posted on July 27, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Memories Last Forever’s photo) (Source: Karen Robiscoe shared To Make You Laugh’s photo) With Love, Russ Sources:

Posted in Children, Creativity, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Fun, Humor, Kindness, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged car, Dog, fat, kindness, Magic Kindom, princess, security guard | 19 Comments

Kindness and Smiles

Posted on July 22, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Walking the boy: Karen Robiscoe shared Life With Dogs photo Melting Fan: Karen Robiscoe shared Ashley Hinson KCRG’s photo Smiles: Karen Robiscoe shared I Love Quotes, I Love Fun. Do You’s photo Kindness: Mark Twin I Tried to Be … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Kindness, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged Karen Robiscoe, kindness, Mark Twain, smiles | 6 Comments

Warm-Heartedness

Posted on July 16, 2013 by russtowne

“The real source of inner strength and self-confidence is warm-heartedness.” –Dalai Lama (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) “Don’t change, so people will like you. Be yourself so the right people will love the real you.” (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Believe, Humor, Kindness, Love, Miracles, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Time, Wisdom | Tagged Anger, anials, black cat, cat, crazy, Dalai Lama, Forefer Aweome, gift, inner strength, Jonathan Lockwood Huei, Karen Robiscoe, Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page, kindness, Let's Be Positive Together, Lightraiser, Love, magic, marvelous gift, rel, self-confidence, source, squirrel, Ute Lark, warm-heartedness | 6 Comments

It’s What You See…And Do

Posted on July 11, 2013 by russtowne

I believe the same is true for cruelty, hatred, gossip, betrayal, undkindness, neglect, indifference, violence, and destruction, except when those seeds are sown, they create chains of more of the same until they are broken by love, kindness, courage, strength, … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, Courage, Humility, Kindness, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Strength | Tagged betrayal, compassion, courage, destruction, hatred, Henry David Thoreau, I Stop For Suffering, Karen Robisco, kindness, Love, Rawforbeauty.com, strength, violence, Zen Mama | 6 Comments

“Rusty Bear and Thomas, Too”

Posted on June 19, 2013 by russtowne

Here are some excerpts and illustrations from my second children’s book. It’s titled “Rusty Bear and Thomas, Too”. It is scheduled for release at the end of September, and will be a part of my Kickstarter Crowd-sourcing campaign (which could … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Adversity, Animals, Challenges, Children, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Choices, Compassion, Courage, Friendship, Goodness, Gratitude, Heroes, Inspiring, Kindness, My Written Works Misc., Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Teamwork | Tagged birds, carved bear, children's book, courage, crowd-sourcing, crowdsourcing, fear, friends, Heroes, Kickstarter, redwood trees, Rusty, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, Thomas, write, written, wrote | 20 Comments

More Photo Fun and a Quote

Posted on June 12, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Spider!: DealDash’s photo Playing Hide and Seek: Forever Awezome Beware: Forever Awezome “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” –John Holmes (Source: tinybuddha) Love, Russ

Posted in Animals, Children, Compassion, Fun, Health, Heart, Humor, Kindness, Parenting, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Uncategorized | Tagged anumals, cute, DealDash, duck, ducklings, ducks, Forever Awezome, fun, giraffes, hide and seek, humor, humorous, John Holmes, lifting up, people, photos, playing, reaching down, scam, spider, tinybuddha | 8 Comments

A Great Legacy

Posted on June 6, 2013 by russtowne

After needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 14, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus … Continue reading →

Posted in Generosity, Gifts, Goodness, Health, Inspiring, Kindness, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged blood, blood donations, cured, donating blood, Facebook, James Harrison, liters, litres, rare antigen, Rhesus disease, transfusions | 17 Comments

“Chain Reaction”

Posted on June 3, 2013 by russtowne

This post is an update for the “Greater Than Gold” song project. “Greater Than Gold: My co-writer and I felt the chorus in the earlier version wasn’t quite strong enough or hook-worthy, so I re-wrote it, and changed the title/hook … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Children, Compassion, Generosity, Goodness, Inspiring, Kindness, Making the World a Better Place, Parenting, Song Updates | Tagged Chain Reaction, child, dad, daughter, Diana, father, french fries, generosity, girl, hamburger, hungry, Kevin Harris, kind, kindness, Love, love in action, man, old, parent, poor, reaction, ripple, ripples, song, story, woman | 11 Comments

Help In A Flash

Posted on May 26, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Remix?) What’s a little boy to do when he gets separated from his dad in a crowd of people at a comic convention? Call Flash, of course! Wonder Woman too! Russ

Posted in Children, Fun, Humor, Kindness, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged comic convention, crowd, dad, flash, lost boy, lost child, lost kid, Wonder Woman | 5 Comments

Home Maintenance

Posted on May 23, 2013 by russtowne

Our lawns need mowing A cobweb’s growing A gate is sagging Repairs are lagging Shelves are dusty A latch is rusty A faucet leaks Our hall floor creaks Laundry’s piled on the floor A broken knob is on a door … Continue reading →