Tag Archives: kindness

Happy Mail

Surprise faraway friends – when you know meaningful words will offer encouragement (and stand out in a sea of text messages), take a few minutes to write a real letter Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your … Continue reading

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RAVE -Little Acts of Thoughtfulness

RAVE to my husband who works graveyard shifts at a grocery store and buys newspapers to deliver to our older neighbors every morning. They are so thrilled when they open their front door to find the paper. That’s a great neighbor … Continue reading

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Reply All

“Your child doesn’t have to bring valentines, but if they do, they’ll need one for each student,” the fourth-grade teacher emailed. “Do you really need to waste class time on this?” a parent replied all, beginning a long, email-chain argument … Continue reading

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Stress

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. Natalie Goldberg

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Reflections on Religion

“Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.” ―Benazir Bhutto People see God every day, they just don’t recognize him. ― Pearl Bailey Why do born-again people so often make you wish they’d never been born the first time?” â€•Katharine Whitehorn “There … Continue reading

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