Tag: kindness
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November 1, 2022
I received this letter last week, and I don’t know how many times I’ve read it since then. These words are like a window; they let me see into the heart and mind of a young reader. And what I see gives me so much hope. Yes, Niki, there is kindness in the world. Thank…
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December 26, 2018
On this day after Christmas, I am thinking about my mother who spent the last Christmas of her life in the hospital. I am thinking about a nurse who, each time he came to get my mother out of bed, would say: “Can you put your arms around me and hold onto me as if…
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June 6, 2017
I returned home from Australia to find (appropriately enough) an envelope full of boomerangs waiting for me. These are not ordinary boomerangs. They are Kindness Boomerangs. Each of them is inscribed with the words “What Goes Around Comes Around.” Class 3A at the Green School in Bali, Indonesia sent me 6 boomerangs, and asked me…
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February 16, 2016
The following is the mission statement for a group called The Caring Club: “The Caring Club is a group who helps kids who are sad, angry or lonely. We are here to help.” Who started The Caring Club? A nine year old named Paige. I learned about Paige through Kevin Bacon’s www.SixDegrees.org. And through SixDegrees,…
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November 24, 2011
I am thankful for foggy mornings, scrabble games, new moons, old moons, the Mississippi River. I am thankful for the crossing over of rivers and the crossing back. I’m thankful for bridges, and for people who laugh. I am thankful for constellations, instructions, mysteries. Lighted windows, crowded tables, train whistles. Mercy, kindness, patience. I am…