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Archive for December 16, 2013
About KindSpring
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| For over a decade the KindSpring community has focused on inner transformation, while collectively changing the world with generosity, gratitude, and trust. We are 100% volunteer-run and totally non-commercial. KindSpring is a labor of love. |
Inspiring Quote
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| “Step into the garden, lift your face to the sun, and just breathe. It will help you remember all that is beautiful and right in the world.” – Anonymous |
Member of the Week
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 mandymoo900 writes, “I’ve had many trials, and am blessed that they made me sympathetic, not bitter.” Thank you for sharing your love. Send mandymoo900 some KarmaBucks and say hello. |
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December 16, 2013
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 Editor’s note: Hi everyone! We just wanted to send our heart felt gratitude to all the wonderful new members who have joined Kind Spring. Thank you for your beautiful stories and reflections! With more than 39,000 members, we are really making a difference, one act of kindness at a time. |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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brindlegirl wrote: “I kissed the earth today. I literally bent down and kissed it. I thanked it for all its given me and for being there always for each and every one of us.” |
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wildkingdom1 wrote: “Each new day is a path of wonder, a different invitation. A day of cheer! Everyone I interacted with was pleasant and smiled. Life is good!” |
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truthunltd wrote: “Happiness is a misaddressed emotion. When you seek it for yourself, it’s not easily found. But when you give it to others , it finds its way back to you.” |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
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Material World: A Global Family Portrait
“Photojournalist Peter Menzel’s visual anthropology captures the striking span of humanity’s socioeconomic and cultural spectrum. In ‘Material World: A Global Family Portrait’, Menzel traveled to 30 different countries, found a statistically average family in each country, and photographed them outside their home, with all of their belongings. The result is an incredible cross-cultural quilt of possessions, from the utilitarian to the sentimental, revealing the faceted and varied ways in which we use ‘stuff’ to make sense of the world and our place in it.” This piece showcases some of these stunning photos that pose interesting and profound statements about the material world. { read more }
Be The Change
If you could place all of your belongings outside of your home, what would the collage of your material possessions look like? With this mental image, select one thing that is precious to you and give it away. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 