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Archive for January 15, 2015
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Jan 15, 2015 |
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A Letter from Your 14-Year Old Self
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| When was the last time you received a hand-written letter? For students of Mr. Farrer, it was a letter that they had written to their future selves 20 years ago, full of their young hopes and dreams as well as memories of people who have since passed away. Bruce Farrer started the assignment when he first started teaching at Bert Fox Community High School in the small Canadian town of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, in 1961: 10 hand-written pages that he would mail back to the students in 20 years. Watch the reactions of some of the students Farrer has been able to track down, year after year, for over 30 years. |
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
– Simone Weil –
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5 People Who Changed The World Through Extreme Compassion
What do Francis of Assisi, Beatrice Webb, John Howard Griffin, Gunther Walraff, and Patricia Moore have in common? They were radical empathizers–seeing empathy as a kind of an adventurous, extreme sport in an effort to change the social and political landscapes of their time. Read more about their remarkable journeys here. { read more }
Be The Change
Think of someone with whom you have a conflict. Put yourself in their shoes. How does it transform your awareness of their needs? How can you be of service to those needs? |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 