Herman Melville once said, “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” This week’s stories bring together some of the unlikeliest and sweetest threads. –Guri Mehta
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| “If humans clear inner pollution, then they will also cease to create outer pollution.” –Eckhart Tolle |
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| Editor’s Note: Herman Melville once said, “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” This week’s stories bring together some of the unlikeliest and sweetest threads. –Guri Mehta |
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| Kindness In the News |
| A 12-year-old boy makes a toy every day of the year so he can give them away. When Campbell was nine, he asked his parents if he could buy Christmas presents for children in the hospital. |
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| From Our Members |
| When you are kind, the world becomes kind. This was my son’s experience last week. He went out biking but as soon as he was out on the track, the tire gave way. |
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| Inspiring Video of the Week |
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| The Left Shoe |
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A heartwarming story of how a shoe connects two “different” children. |
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| In other news … |
| He’s 22. She’s 81. Their friendship is melting hearts. Here’s the NY Times story of an unlikely friendship formed across countless boundaries. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 