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Kindness Daily: Best Day Of My Life

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Best Day Of My Life June 11, 2012 – Posted by kassiewright
Today is the best day of my life!

I say this every day before I even get out of bed! Then I think what I am grateful for – a nice warm bed, heat in my house on this cold, wintery day, coffee, running water, a nice house, my family, my health, my kids, my hubby, his job, our town, etc. Then I get up and get on with my wonderful day!

As I drove into town I saw a lady my grandma knew walking along. I stopped and offered her a ride, which she gladly accepted. I dropped her off at her destination, less than five minutes away.

Next, I did my grocery shopping – and noticed someone waiting for a ride outside! I knew her face so I inquired if I could help. "Sure," she said. "My ride won’t come for an hour and I could call and cancel when I get home." And so another five minute journey was made.

Then, thankful for my Tim Horton’s coffee, I offered to pay for the person behind me. I didn’t know him but I left $5 towards his order, knowing it would put a smile on his face. Then I headed home.

That’s three acts of kindness in one trip to town, I thought. Now I will write them up for HelpOthers and maybe they will be contagious!

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Mr. Roger’s at the Emmy Awards

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Mr. Roger's at the Emmy Awards

See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…we need silence to be able to touch souls.

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Mr. Roger’s at the Emmy Awards

For 33 years, Fred Rogers — known to one-and-all as Mister Rogers — invited children into his television “neighborhood” to teach them curiosity, ethics, and self-belief. When honored with an Emmy Award for lifetime achievement, Mister Rogers delivered a thank-you speech very much in keeping with his role as educator and role model — using ten very special seconds of silence. { read more }

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Quote of the Week | Pleasure and Pain

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June 11, 2012

PLEASURE AND PAIN

The primordial push to pleasure is important to acknowledge because it explains the knee-jerk response we have to pleasure and pain and the patience that is required to reverse it. The spiritual path, with its open invitation to pain, goes against the grain of the very foundation of our ego-centered being.

This means that the path will give us exactly what we need and not necessarily what we want. We may not want to face our fear, loneliness, and heartache, but we need to if we want to grow. It is the adult version of having to eat our vegetables. They may not taste good, but fear, loneliness, and heartache can be good for us.

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