I now get “Kindness” entries from Google Alerts. While you all could do the same thing, I will filter for you the most pertinent ones for this web site. What’s my filter? I don’t include heroic kindness, such as articles … Continue reading
The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune has a feature called Start Your Week with Kindness. This week’s entry is about an older woman who is always receiving assistance from others.
I came across this on the Internet. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette apparently has a feature for submitting “random acts of kindness.” Considering how often they occur perhaps a better title is “typical acts of kindness,” but why quibble. The 7/26/12 edition … Continue reading
I was contacted on my Facebook page to spread the word about a hike for inner-city kids. This hits close to home for me. I once founded a nonprofit that grouped together kids from single-parent homes with young adults on … Continue reading
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This past week I received some feedback kindness. Our friend Rocky Rockwell sent us the following picture, taken near where he lives. Mary Ann Nissley, a long distance hiker, emailed me her following take on kindness from her travels. One … Continue reading
My home town of Norfolk, Connecticut is fertile ground for people championing humanitarian causes. Here’s a podcast of Lynn Deasy, formerly Lynn Satherlie as I knew her through school, founding member of Soteni International. Listen to the sustainable approach to … Continue reading
Here is the second installment for my upcoming book, Kindness across America. On the first installment Bill Perry caught an error, referring to Hawking as Hawkins. Feedback for this and all chapters is welcome as well. KINDNESS across AMERICA – … Continue reading
In previous posts I mentioned two very easy ways to promote kindness. One is to part company by saying “Be Happy” instead of “Be Safe.” The other is to greet people with something like “Anything kind happen lately?” or something … Continue reading
I tried a different approach this week. In North Canaan I knew where and who the kindness story would be before I got there from some advanced scouting. This time I just showed up at the Beardsley Memorial Library in … Continue reading
This past Friday (6/29/12) I hiked into North Canaan to do a podcast on kindness there. Scattered thunderstorms were in the forecast, but the morning was sunny and hot. Between Norfolk and North Canaan lies the farm country of Canaan … Continue reading
