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Archive for October 17, 2015
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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| Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. –Elizabeth Andrew |
Member of the Week
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 tien! Although new to the KS Community, your posts have been so touching. Thanks for all that you do for others, especially your students. Send tien some KarmaBucks and say hello. |
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October 17, 2015
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 Editor’s note: Dear Friends, This week’s newsletter is dedicated to those who proactively seek out to help others in difficult situations. They go out of their way to ease someone’s burden, provide guidance, or help heal their wounds. We know that these untold stories, shared in plain language do not even come close to reflecting the magnitude of their hearts. –Guri |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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marc2 wrote: “I had two meetings at 2 different cafes and paid it forward. The waitress at both places were stumped but it put a big smile on their faces.” |
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mstocum wrote: “I brought in some fall treats “bat” brownies and pumpkin cookies for today’s planned staff meeting.” |
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pyronik wrote: “I arrived early to help set the classrooms up for the change camp presentations today :-)” |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible… In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives.
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Wendell Berry on How to Be a Poet
“Although poetry itself exerts a singular power over the human spirit… it is hardly a power that comes easily to the poet.” In his poem, titled “How to Be a Poet (to remind myself),” the wise and wonderful poet Wendell Berry reminds us of the “vitalizing power of silence and stillness and self-refinement” which are so essential to being a poet, an artist of any kind, and really, a complete human being. { read more }
Be The Change
Take a few moments today to be immersed in silence. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 