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Kindness

Posted on October 18, 2017 by anyushka

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go … Continue reading →

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100 Questions/ 51-60

Posted on August 9, 2017 by anyushka

51. What’s one thing you’re certain of? The value of being kind to people. 52. Describe one of your colossal failures. Having a thing with someone who I knew was in a relationship. Lots of reasons, none good enough. Took … Continue reading →

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How Is It So Easy For You

Posted on August 31, 2016 by anyushka

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Yes Too Much. (The Trouble With) How We Live

Posted on July 14, 2016 by anyushka

I’m saying Yes too much. People around me in crisis-mode, as so often, too often.  Me trying to teach others kindness to themselves by being kind, by listening, by offering support. I’m saying Yes too much. In-between hearing what everybody … Continue reading →

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Cords of Human Kindness

Posted on June 2, 2016 by anyushka

“I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.” (Hosea 11:4) Sometimes we have to look … Continue reading →

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Kindness Check-In (Lent 2016)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by anyushka

It’s been a week and a half now that I’ve been trying to be kinder to myself which is my ‘Lenten practice’ this year. I feel it might be good to check in with myself, to see how my daily decisions may … Continue reading →

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Less Comparing, More Loving

Posted on February 13, 2016 by anyushka

One sure-fire way of making things harder than they are: comparing myself to others. It’s been said over and over again by uncountable writers of happy-life-advice, and I tend to shrug my shoulders and say, “well, that’s part of being human, … Continue reading →

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Being Kind to Myself – (Possibly) Lent 2016

Posted on February 7, 2016 by anyushka

It’s so easy to forget (how) to be kind to ourselves. I feel like I need to re-learn it from time to time. I wonder if kindness could be what I “do for Lent” this year… It’s a good time … Continue reading →

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Good Advice…

Posted on January 3, 2016 by anyushka

“Don’t assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don’t say anything you can’t stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.” ― Warsan Shire  

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Gratitude Detox…

Posted on November 24, 2015 by anyushka

Bill is talking in his most recent post about the “antitoxin of gratitude”. Since I feel I need to detox emotionally, I want to spend a moment remembering all that I am grateful for right now, at the same time … Continue reading →

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