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Kindness explored here by Mark Twain . . .

"Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."__Mark TwainKindness.A powerful concept.Also something we can often...

Charter for Compassion webcast on Thursday

It has been a year since noted writer and religious scholar Karen Anderson began the Charter for Compassion project, an invitation to people around...

The power of love by Tolstoy

"All, everything I understand, I understand only because I love."__Leo Tolstoy Love indeed is powerful for most of us. It is the thing...

Nancy Goldberg shows the depth of what volunteering can do

Nancy Goldberg, one of our dear love letter writers, is all too familiar with the needs of those facing formidable challenges, so she spends a...

When you can't let go

Whenever I hear about the importance of letting go of the past, I think about a conversation I had with my mother more than thirty years ago. She...

How to confront lying behavior and get honest results

We all do not enjoy being lied to, especially by our romantic partners. We begin to feel an emotional reaction and feel a personal threat to our...

Christmas spirit-finding or fulfilling yours!

One of the rituals of Christmas at our house is James Stewart's agonized face on the screen with his adorable children and sweet wife...

Hooray for the love note for a San Francisco parking problem

Parking in San Francisco is a grim undertaking when two drivers lock horns over a single space. Screaming, swearing, name calling, flipping fingers...