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Archive for October 5, 2014
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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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| When I see you through my eyes, I think we are different. When I see you through my heart, I know we are the same. -Doe Zantamata |
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October 5, 2014
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 Editor’s note: We’re just a few days into KindSpring’s 21-Day Kindness Challenge, and already blown away by your genuine stories and photos from around the globe! Read more, share a story, and follow #KindSpring21. |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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sharonraew wrote: “I baked a batch of pumpkin tarts to share with the guys in my department (9) and also a pumpkin pie for the son of one of my co-workers who is a single Dad.” |
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awom7604 wrote: “My son came early in the morning today to help me with general cleaning of the house. I really appreciated this kind gesture and wish him blessed.” |
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ivomursa wrote: “Day 2: I emailed an old friend I have not seen in a while and her positive response was immediate. It made my heart warm. We’ll meet soon.” |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.
– Martin Luther King, Jr. –
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A Humanitarian’s 4 Decades Long Adventure In Africa
When 24-year-old Molly Melching traveled to Senegal as an exchange student, she felt so at home that she decided to stay on after her program ended. Over the next forty years, Molly founded and continues to run Tostan, a non-profit organization turning the traditional model of social development on its head. Rather than short-term, top-down approaches, Tostan uses a holistic three-year, non-formal education program that has already had incredible successes, among them the abandonment of female genital cutting. Molly shares: “Our participants discuss questions like, ‘Does everybody really have the right to be free from violence?’ If they decide that’s true, then there are certain practices in the community that may threaten that right. Then it’s about giving the space for dialogue and discussion, allowing the change to come from within.” { read more }
Be The Change
Find an organization that takes a long-term perspective and works from within communities to facilitate social change. How can you support these service men and women? |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 