Posts tagged "kindness"
Giving Gifts?!

Giving Gifts?!

Giving gifts? At time when we’re all hunkered down. concerned for ourselves, our families and friends, local and world economies; many people are suffering, losing jobs, know loved ones who are dying… Who has time or energy to think about giving gifts?   Well, you probably know as well as I, that it’s one of the best ways...
Gratitude and Joy in Spite of It All...

Gratitude and Joy in Spite of It All…

“Let us be grateful and joyous even though we know the facts” is a prayer that a friend of mine heard when he was volunteering with a Lutheran community project recently. The prayer has stuck with me.  There are so many “facts” nowadays that inspire less than gratitude and joy that I welcomed the reminder...
Peace at Every Turn

Peace at Every Turn

We are well in to the new year now, it is finally sunny in Vancouver — wow, what a wet spell we’ve had!  Good for the reservoirs and the ducks 🙂 — and I finally took the time to read an article in Nation of Change, a progressive journal for positive action.  My son had...