The Power of Not-Knowing I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. – Richard P. Feynman – Have you ever noticed that sometimes what you know about someone gets in the way of your being kind? Perhaps: they did something that you don’t approve of, and you can’t let go of it in your mind, you made an […]
Kindness and Gratitude Dance Together If you begin and finish your days with thoughts of gratitude, you’ll find yourself living from a place of abundance rather than lack. Erica Layne September 21st is World Gratitude Day, so we thought this was an opportunity to think about how to bring more gratitude into our lives. We have noticed that the more we live with gratitude, the more we are […]
A Kind Way to View People with Disabilities There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more. Robert M. Hensel At this point in my life, I cannot walk, and I use a wheelchair when I go out. Some people see me as being disabled. Although not able to do some of the things that I used to love doing, I am […]
A New Way of Looking at Compassion If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama Compassion, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is a “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” In other words, we want to help when we are aware of the suffering of others. Thinking about the role of compassion in […]
