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Archive for February 1, 2015
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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. |
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| “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” Eckhart Tolle |
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February 1, 2015
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 Editor’s note: Thank you everyone who participated in the Simple Living Challenge! Want to keep the momentum going? Try taking on a new 21-day challenge. Grow in gratitude, kindness, eco-friendliness, and beyond.Share your inspiration and pay-forward this opportunity by practicing a challenge with other friends and loved ones! |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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lexileecapri wrote: “I slipped a love letter into my little nephew’s backpack when he wasn’t looking. I can’t wait for him to find it! :)” |
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Anniebanie wrote: “I called a cousin that I haven’t spoken with in a long time. We talked and I thanked her for being so wonderful to my Mom.” |
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LexiLeeCapri wrote: “A wise person once told me that "the past is to be learned from, not lived in". I’m so thankful for these words at times when I realize that I have made a mistake.” |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Wendell Berry on Solitude And Creativity’s Enemies
Wendell Berry’s remarkable work, What Are Humans For?, is filled with philosophical insights for the would be artist in us all. Here, Maria Popova of Brainpickings extracts some of the most poignant and moving moments from his piece, interweaving them with thoughts from Thoreau and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. { read more }
Be The Change
In what ways have you been striving for novelty in your own life? Consider how opportunities for creativity may already be arising through your everyday actions. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 