kindness

Holidays…and Emotions (!)

Well, it’s officially here: The start of the holiday season!  While some people eagerly wait for 365 entire days to finally break out the Mariah Carey Christmas album, the holiday season can be complicated for many. While it can inspire a spirit of charity and kinship with other human beings, it can simultaneously magnify any perceived deficiencies in our lives: Our loneliness

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Loving Others…Even When We Can’t Stand Them!

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” Â-Vincent Van Gogh It’s easy to spout off phrases and quotes about the importance of love – for others, for oneself, for our environment, for children, for family, for those in need, for anyone or anything. It’s a little harder to show love toward those that make

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Trust through the Messes

“Surrender to Grace. The ocean cares for each wave until it reaches the shore. You are given more help than you will ever know.” -Rumi The inopportune events that happen in our lives are there to teach us, care for us, mature us.  They are not there to hold us back.  They are there to re-direct us to a better

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Randomly Kind

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of these.”  -George Washington Carver Happy Friday!  This weekend, consider penciling this small goal into your plans: See what happens when you

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A Healthy Respect

“Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? ÂIs ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? ÂNot to me.” -J.K. Rowling Our bodies are pretty interesting. ÂThey are comprisedÂof trillions, no seriously, TRILLIONS of cells (that’s a 1 with twelve 0’s, mind you. TWELVE!). ÂEvery cell is responsible for carrying out some sort

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