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Archive for July 27, 2014
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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| “May I live this day compassionate of the heart, clear in word, gracious in awareness, courageous in thought, generous in love.” – John O’Donohue |
Member of the Week
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 Casehandler! Thank you for reminding us that kindness should be our default position. What a powerful idea. Welcome to the KindSpring community! Send Casehandler some KarmaBucks and say hello. |
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July 27, 2014
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 Editor’s note: Hey everyone! We hope that you are enjoying the day. Take a minute to check out one of this summer’s amazing Kindness Context winners and her awesome birthday gift idea. If you have an kindness idea and want to take part in next month’s Kindness Contest, check out details here! Have a great week! |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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cf wrote: “Spent most of Sunday helping my friends who are moving to another country pack. It was so much fun, no work at all.” |
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emackaroni83 wrote: “I helped a lady carry her bags of groceries up our three flights of stairs in the building. She thanked me and offered me money. I told her to just pass the kindness on.” |
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annag wrote: “Printed 9 SMILE cards and attached them to little bags of chocolate fudge cake (VEGAN – kindness all the way) and dropped them on random chairs at a school musical :-)” |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
– The Buddha –
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Calling Out The Delusions Of A Techno-Industrial Society
Stories about the human colonization of other worlds were popular in the 1950s, with a promise of material abundance, and much of the population of the Western world excited about the possibilities offered by new technologies and a beneficial, authoritative science. That humans could extend their reach to other worlds seemed inevitable progress. Today, the popular faith in science and technology has drained away, to be replaced by a widespread, if often unspoken, fear. We have opened the box and seen where our ambition leads, and though we might quickly close it again and look away, it is too late in the day for any kind of innocence. This thoughtful essay urges us to move past the delusions of our society. { read more }
Be The Change
If we are a global village, everything you do affects others. This week notice how your dreams and actions affect other people. You can bring light if you choose to. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 