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A Beautiful Reminder of How Powerful We Are

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“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another… A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” ~Amelia Earhart

When you’re having a particularly rough day, it’s tempting to hang your head in defeat and conclude it’s a cruel world where nothing matters. I had a day like that last month.

A good friend was diagnosed with a horrendous disease. The horse I had been training with for years …

Not Everyone Is Going to Be Holly and Jolly

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Even If We Disagree About Everything

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Treat All People with Kindness

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Meliorism

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How to Make a Big Change by Embracing Love and Confronting Fear

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“If you truly want to change your life, you must first be willing to change your mind.” ~Dan Altman

I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts recently, and the guest speaker, Gary Zukav, was explaining that humans operate from two major emotions. Once you learn this and can differentiate how you’re truly feeling, life can feel easier and more peaceful. He said this:

Every emotion stems from only two: love and fear.

It took me a second to let the message sink in, but the more I thought about this statement, the more I realized how true it

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How to Make an Ocean Rise

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Because You Were Kind

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You Can Release Your Love

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You May Not Always See the Results of Your Kindness

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You Know Who’s Going Through a Lot Right Now?

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Someone Who Can Stay Kind

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You Can Be a Positive Example

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Because You Were Kind

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The Kindest People Are Not Born That Way

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Honest and Kind

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Some of the Kindest Souls I Know

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If You Want to Make a Difference in Someone’s Life

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Be Kind to Yourself in the Year Ahead

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The Simple, Old-School Acts of Kindness Our World Badly Needs

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“Whatever is in memory is also in soul.” ~Saint Augustine, Confessions

Memories of my father are etched deeply in me—not for what he accomplished as a surgeon, a pilot, and an outdoorsman, but for what he was about, a truly gentle and generous man. Ironically, one of the most important lessons I learned from and about him came from a stranger.

I was alone in my family’s large Victorian-style house in the heart of the Midwest on a muggy Saturday afternoon. My mother had taken my siblings to a summer reading program at the public library, and my dad had …