Looking deeply, what do you see?
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau When you look at a stranger, what do you see? Do you see the…
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We And Ours
“There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.” – John Bruna On this New Year’s…
What does love look like?
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and…
What are you paying attention to?
“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” José Ortega y Gasset What we’re attending to in any given moment quite literally becomes…
Helping others helps yourself
“By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.” Aung San Suu Kyi Today’s inspiration has wisdom on multiple levels. On one level, our direct interactions with others inform…
We are also the environment
“The environment is not limited to the trees, plants, water, sun, etc. We are also the environment. How we treat each other is the environment. Let us all do our…
Everything makes a difference
“Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference. It does.” William James We will never truly know how much impact our thoughts and actions have on…
Dogs on the Inside
This is a wonderful story of a partnership between a Massachusetts prison and a dog shelter that gives both rescue dogs and inmates a new lease on life. As the…
Attachment or Love?
“We confuse attachment with love. Attachment is concerned with my needs, my happiness, while love is an unselfish attitude, concerned with the needs and happiness of others.” – Kathleen McDonald…
The smallest of tasks can make all the difference
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” – Helen Keller What…