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Tag Archives: kindness
Score One for the 1st Amendment & Helping Others
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
Posted in Compassion, Homeless/Homelessness, Kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged compassion, food, homeless, kindness, law
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Way to Go, Worcester!
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
Posted in help, Inspiring, Kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged help, inspiring, kindness, MD, worcester
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“What I’ve Learned”
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
Posted in Aging, Compassion, help, Kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged age, compassion, help, kindness
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A Drenched Woman Saves the Day
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
Posted in empathy, Kindness, Love, Marriage, Uncategorized
Tagged beach, empathy, kindness, rain image, wedding
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Way to Go, Toronto!
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
Posted in Compassion, empathy, Generosity, Kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged compassion, generosity, kindness, police, Toronto
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Twenty People Relay a Dog 3,000km Home
20 People and a Coonhound A group of twenty volunteers relayed a coonhound 3,000km back to his home. It’s quite a story. Sources: Leo @ Not All News is Bad, and nine.com.au. With Love, Russ
Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, good news, Goodness, Uncategorized, Volunteers
Tagged coonhound, Dog, kindness, nine.com.au, Volunteers
1 Comment
I Love Every Aspect of this Story
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
Posted in Beauty, empathy, Kindness, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, empathy, kindness, parenting
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Gifts and Choices
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
Posted in Choices, Kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged Bezos, CNBC.com, kindness, Princeton, Ruth Umoh
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