Sangha of Auspicious Companions

Year of Dancing with Life – Week 4

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Kindness Daily: A Small Gesture Meant a Great Deal

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A Small Gesture Meant a Great Deal October 31, 2011 – Posted by amer This is just a short story but it really brought home to me how very small acts of kindness and even courtesy have bigger effects than we realise. I have a bad back which flares up from time to time. Yesterday I was out walking while carrying shopping bags and my keys. My keys slipped from my hand and fell to the ground. The problem was that because of my back I couldn’t bend down to get them. I was just thinking of how to get around this when two teenage girls came up beside me. Without even speaking to me, one of the girls just reached down, picked up my keys, handed them to me and went on her way. While it was a small gesture and she couldn’t have known that I was in too much pain to bend down, it meant a great deal to me at that moment. Add/View Comment >> About Newsletter Kindness Daily is an email that delivers today’s featured story from HelpOthers.org. If you’d rather not receive this email, you can also unsubscribe. Similar Stories No similar stories found. Helpful Links Smile Cards: do an act of kindness and leave a card behind to keep the chain going. Smile Decks: 52 cards with a kindness idea on each! Smile Groups: share your own stories, make friends, spread the good. Smile Ideas: loads of ideas that can support your drive of kindness. Unsubscribe If you’d rather not receive these stories by email, you can remove yourself with two easy clicks. Community

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5 Ways of Spending Time — toward Happiness

Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. — Robert Green Ingersoll

~~~~ Good News of the Day: Our search to understand what makes us happy goes back centuries. As does our enduring belief that if we just do the right thing, happiness will follow. Researchers at Stanford and UPenn have recently shown how happiness is indeed a consequence of the choices people make. So what can people do to increase their happiness? Their answer is surprisingly simple: spend your time wisely. But some of the ways people should spend their time are, in fact, surprising. Perhaps not all of them will resonate, but are still worthy of reflection. Their five time-spending happiness principles: “Spend time with the right people. Spend time on the right activities. Enjoy experiences without spending time actually doing them. Expand your time.” Each principle is explained further here. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169AF1B:C3009629A010612C42372E47D7CE682AB4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Spend your time wisely today. For inspiration, an intriguing short reflection on having a dynamic relationship with time. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169AF1C:C3009629A010612C42372E47D7CE682AB4B847859706E37D&

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