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Kindness

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

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

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

Posted on July 14, 2016 by

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

“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

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

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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