Monday through Thursday are prenatal days. The women arrive in their cute print dresses and always carry purses. The new moms are sent upstairs for
Tag: Compassion
On the Second Day of December . . .
Two days into December found me under the covers and under the weather. Even though I was down for the count today and could only
On the First Day of December . . .
Upon the completion of last month’s thirty days of gratitude series, which seems like only yesterday, because it was only yesterday, I decided to do
Hot Soup
The year was 1968 at the corner of Avenue Rd and Wilson Ave i was on my way to York University Keel campus. I was
Kindness In The Airport Security Line
To the couple who stood behind us in the airport security line ~ Your quiet act of kindness is something I will never forget. Traveling
The Berlin Book Forest
Books are just awesome. We’ve heard people say that physical books may be a thing of the past, but there’s something so very satisfying about
The Problem of Gratitude by Lara Patangan
It’s been decades since I have been in grammar school, so when I think of Thanksgiving, pilgrims or Indians don’t generally come to mind. I
Thanksgiving (((Hugs)))
BIG Thanksgiving ❤ and ({({(Hugs)})}) going out… …to the lost, the hurting, the lonely, the bullied, the oppressed, the deserted, the addicted, the dying, the abused,
The World Is Starving And I Am Stuffed (A Thankful Lament) by Ron Clinton Smith
I like having enough to eat, don’t you? And as an American growing up in the middle class I’ve never known hunger. Just the opposite.
Happy Thanksgiving by Patrice Ardiere
I know this Thanksgiving is the kick off to a stressful holiday season. And I want you relaxed my friend… So find a comfy place
The Gift of Compassion by Sue Jones
The best definition I have ever found for compassion is “to suffer together”. I am of the belief that in order to be able to
The Coffee Shop Tax That Everyone Should Pay by Michael Kilcoyne
In the world, there are over 21,000 Starbucks locations alone. According to Glassdoor, the average Starbucks barista — the person that makes your Venti Double-whipped
Painful Nights by Faith
My sweet, sweet boy, the pain I hear when you wake shrieking at night, the “help me, help me, help me” is like a knife
THIS is WATER
The talk below by the late David Foster Wallace might just change the way you see the tiny, sometimes annoying, details of life. It covers
A ‘Lonely’ Homeless Man is Invited To Thanksgiving Dinner So He Can Have the Holiday He Deserves
This year, one man has two people to be thankful for. Neal Shytles of Norfolk, Virginia, usually spends his holidays by himself as he is
10 Ways to Have a Meaningful Thanksgiving by Alison Cebulla
While Thanksgiving purports to be a day when family and friends gather to break bread and celebrate the bounty of the harvest and the miracle
Arthur the Stray Dog Raced 430 Miles to a Better Home
Arthur latched on to an Extreme Sports Team, ‘Team Peak Performance’, during an endurance race in the Amazon Rain-Forest and what happened next will surely
This is What Really Good Men With Character Look Like.
When an assisted living home in California shut down last fall, many of its residents were left behind, with nowhere to go. The staff at
Boy Asks the Family Adopting Him to Dress as Superheroes.
Deonte, the Boy Wonder, wanted his family — his whole family — to dress up as superheroes for his adoption day Saturday. You see, Superheroes
Luna the Dog Went Through Hard Times Before Finding a Family to Love Her
Tracey Buyce, CANDi International photographer, came across a special dog named Luna in Bonfil, Mexico. Tracey found the poor dog to be nothing but bones and skin.
The White Helmets and the Miracle Baby
The White Helmets – or the Syrian Civil Defence – are volunteer rescue workers in the most dangerous place on earth. As the conflict in
The Moment When My Son With Autism Noticed a Man With Prosthetic Legs
Several years ago, during one of our holiday trips, we went shopping at Downtown Disney. For those who aren’t familiar, Downtown Disney is an open
Many Strangers Rush to Lift a Car off a Woman Trapped
Videos like these are a refreshing reminder that together, people have unlimited amounts of strength. In a CCTV video from Thursday, from eastern Zhejiang Province
“I Noticed You Left Your Lights on…”
‘fuzzb0y’ wrote: “My friend found this on his windshield today” “what a great human being.”
Convoy for Jorge by Sue Jones
When Lisa Welch from Jimboomba, Queensland (Australia) was struggling with what to gift her son, for his upcoming 10th birthday, she was stumped. Her little
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