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Archive for July 23, 2016
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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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| A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions and the roots spring up to make new trees. — Amelia Earhart |
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July 23, 2016
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 Editor’s note: Last week we touched upon fear-based media. Research now shows that our sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight response) is partly to blame. We no longer need to worry about being eaten by a lion, but our body wrongly turns our fear response inward by creating irrational fears, anxiety, and psychological disorders. The only way to combat this is through expressing more love and kindness. A promising NY Times article agrees. –Ameeta |
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Small Acts of Kindness
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cowlette wrote: “Got into a conversation with a woman on the light rail. Later heard her saying on the phone, that it would take her 40 minutes in the bus to get to her apartment. Since we were getting off at the same station I offered to give her a ride home.” |
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kiwicat wrote: “We picked up rubbish off the beach this afternoon, in the freezing cold wind. One bag full, lots of plastics and drinking straws – none are good for sea life.” |
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Alisamom wrote: “I’m meeting other chorus members and we’ll sing at an assisted living facility tonight 🙂 I think it’ll be fun! “ |
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Featured Kindness Stories
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Idea of the Week
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He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
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Why We Need to Cultivate Awe in the Workplace
“There’s a profound feeling that shifts us outside the box of the routine and familiar and opens us to something much larger than ourselves writes Homaira Kabir. We’ve all felt it — the goose bumps on our arms when standing below towering Eucalyptus trees or the expansive feeling in our chests when watching the sun slowly set in the horizon. Researchers define it as the emotion of awe. Like most positive emotions, it boosts physical health and inspires altruistic action. And yet, awe is more — because it recruits both motivations of the paradoxical human brain. It gives rise to a feeling of fear that is initiated in the more primitive parts of the brain. But it also opens us up to belonging to something much larger than the self, the most human of all needs. It is this whole brain functioning that is so essential for optimal performance, both in our personal lives and at work.” Read on to discover why leaders would do well to nurture awe’s daunting and exalting qualities in the workplace. { read more }
Be The Change
Incorporate opportunities to experience awe into your daily routine and, if you are a leader, into the work place. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 