Jan
7
2010
Kindness on YouTube — Please Watch This!
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Jan
7
2010
Simple Acts
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I’ve just returned from the grocery store, where the bagger asked me, “paper or plastic.” I answered, “paper,” because the walk from the car seems awfully long over snow and ice. It’s easier on my arthritic fingers to hold a bag underneath than to let it hang on my cold hands. “I have a bit of a walk to the house,” I told her.
As I was leaving, a woman I’ve never met approached me. “Are you walking home? she asked, “I can give you a ride.” A simple act — one I’ve done myself in the past — but on a cold day it would have meant the world to someone without a car.
Random…kind…and action. So simple, yet so powerful.
Jan
6
2010
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“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
– Albert Schweitzer
Jan
6
2010
Welcome Winter
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It’s that time of year again — you know, the one where my southern family all taunt me about their warmer weather and try to entice me to move closer to them. I always answer that I would miss the change of seasons; and this is true. What I fail to do is to explain why it is that I would miss winter. I’m no more fond of below-zero wind chills than any of my thin-blooded kin; and I’ve actually been known to complain when the temperatures drop and I’m required to wear a coat. Those winter sensations are not on my list of things I would miss if I lived in a balmier climate. What I would miss is the wonderful part of winter that is born of my reaction to the cold. Winter sends me inside — not only inside my house where I can stay warm, but also inside myself where I can find the quiet, hibernating part of my soul that seeks renewal in the dim light of winter. As the fresh green of Spring and the warm joy of Summer growth and the fire of Autumn suddenly become stark and white and quiet, a special kind of silence calls me to turn my attention inward and see myself clearly.
Jan
5
2010
Another Resolution
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I came upon this quotation recently:
“A kind deed a day, like little drops of rain, Makes a mighty ocean and a gracious nation.”
– Lin Hsiu Nei
These simple, yet powerful words have me thinking. How might we change the world if instead of changing what it is that we do, we changed the way we do it? Suppose that our resolution for 2010 and the years to come were to do all that we do in kindness? Suppose that we also made it a study to recognize the kindness we see in others? Could we possibly add enough drops of rain to fill a peaceful sea?
Jan
2
2010
Reflection on Moonlight
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A story for you — inspired by the Blue Moon — December 31, 2009
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Jan
1
2010
New Year’s Resolutions
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Welcome to 2010.
The day of resolutions is past, and it’s time to follow through on them. January 2, 2010 will mark the beginning of my adventure in the world of blogging. I hope you’ll visit whenever you like and I welcome your comments and feedback on my ideas.
Pamela Stead Jones
