We all experience varying degrees of loss, nobody is immune. We lose pets, friends, and family. We lose relationships and marriages. We lose entire houses
Category: Kindness Reflections
Mom on the Bus – By Amanda Witow
This is something I witnessed years ago, but I like to remember it whenever I feel like people are too judgmental or what not. So
Waking up in the Morning to Bliss – By Carmelene Melanie Siani
On some luxurious mornings in bed before the sun comes up my husband draws me to him, tunes his phone to an American classics music
The Perfect Thing My Doctor Said About My Life With Chronic Illness – By Catherine Richardson
My doctor sat at his desk facing his computer as he read through my chart and got updated on the various specialists I’d seen and
I Am Rich! – by Mary D
I am elderly and my health is not the best. I am always amazed when I go out with my oxygen tank how many people
Watch One Man’s Perfect Response to a Girl on How to Deal with Being Called a Nerd
When you were a child, were you called a nerd? If so, how did you deal with it? At Comic Con Wil Wheaton, an American
A Closet Full of Love – By Carmelene Melanie Siani
One Christmas about 6 years ago, my youngest daughter gave me a workout outfit to wear to the gym as a Christmas present. “It’s the
I am Emma – By Emma Zurcher-Long
“What is your name?” someone might ask. It’s a simple question, but when I try to make the sounds that form my name, other
People React to Being Called Beautiful (Video)
How would you react to being called beautiful? Shea Glover, 18, from Chicago, captured the reactions of friends, fellow students and faculty as they were
This is how You Deal with Disrespect and Gain Respect
I want to share this story because it’s important for people to hear, I feel, and it’s about people’s ability to change. It is not
“Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” – By Naomi Shihab Nye
After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic, please come
Tattooed Heart: One Transplant Recipient’s Ink Tribute to His Organ Donor
It started with an earache. At 12 years old, Florida resident Tim L.—better known on Reddit as user ‘MoTioNz’—went to the doctor for a routine
The Times, Chopin Playing in the Next Room and Kindness for Breakfast – By Carmelene Melanie Siani
My husband and I don’t usually go out on the weekends. We sleep in and take naps or will go to the gym or yoga.
Who Will Johnny Find Approachable? – By Susan
Scenario: Little Johnny has perceived his world to be hostile. He didn’t like sports, but he was forced to do sports. His cousins would come
10 Amazing Reactions to Bad News: The Right Way to Respond to a Friend’s Hardship – By Sky Khan
What to Say to Someone with Cancer It’s hard to know what to say to someone with cancer. If you’re like most, you blurt an
I See Myself in My Son
“I know what it’s like to be in that teenage stage when you feel the need to prove yourself. One day when I was about
The Trouble Tree
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a
‘I Thought He Would Die’: Daughter Documents Homeless Dad’s Life
Diana Kim was shocked to encounter her father among the homeless population she was documenting in Hawaii. Rather than turn her back on the man
“Today You….Tomorrow Me.” by Rhoner
Have you ever picked up a hitch-hiker? Just about every time I see someone I stop. I kind of got out of the habit in
When Nurses See More Than Birth and Babies – By Shelly Lopez Gray
Perinatal nursing is sweet and magical and everything you think it would be. But everyone only thinks of the birth and the babies. No one
My Bucket List of Gratitude – By Lisa Gastaldo
I’m creating my own kind of bucket list. Not the usual listing of things I wish to do before I leave this earth, but an
Live In-Between Right and Wrong – By Kathryn Eriksen
I was waiting in line at the Post Office yesterday, when I heard loud voices on the other side of the glass doors. Someone was
The Parallel Universe – By Elizabeth Riley
My husband died a year ago today. I will not refer to it as an anniversary. To me, Anniversaries are happy occasions and to remember
This is the Summer of Your Life – By Frances Trussell
On childhood summer evenings I’d sit by the breeze of my open bedroom window listening to the symphony of the season. The laughter of those
“She Put on a lot of Weight” – By Kathy Sebright
I ran into someone I hadn’t seen in a couple of years on the fourth of July. It was hot and humid here. My sweaty
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