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Kindness
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
100 Questions/ 51-60
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
Yes Too Much. (The Trouble With) How We Live
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
Cords of Human Kindness
“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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Tagged compassion, faith, God, good news, kindness, love, mercy, rest, tenderness
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Kindness Check-In (Lent 2016)
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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Tagged art, choices, creativity, faith, home, kindness, Lent, perfectionism, prayer, self-doubt, self-love, work, writing
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Less Comparing, More Loving
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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Tagged acceptance, belonging, change, compare, comparison, compassion, failure, feelings, forgiveness, God, good news, judgment, kindness, Lent, love, needs, receive, repentance, safety
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Being Kind to Myself – (Possibly) Lent 2016
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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Tagged compassion, fullness of life, kindness, Lent, love, loving myself, resources, self-care, self-love
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Good Advice…
“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
Gratitude Detox…
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
