Posts Tagged ‘kindness’
The Importance of Kindness in a Cruel World II By Kevin Culver, LPCC
During one of the nationwide protests in June, I stumbled across a photo in the news that made me ponder the importance of kindness and compassion in our current world. The photo was of a protester holding a simple cardboard sign with the following words inscribed in sharpie, “When cruelty becomes normal, kindness looks radical.”…
Read MoreIt Hurts || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
Movies always deliver. My choices have changed over the years, however one element is always critical for me — transformation. When a character has insight, introspection, an epiphany, internally or externally triggered, I don’t care. What I want to see is that a different choice can be made, a different path taken, a new lease…
Read MoreNew Year, Mixed Feelings ll By Elan BenAmi LPC, ACS
I love this time of year. I like to see space brightened, be it with a single burning candle, a string of lights, or with decorations of any kind. I like picturing people sitting by the fire. An image I well know has been marketed to me since I was a child, but hey I…
Read MoreBelieving in Believing ll By David Hoefer, NLC
A politician claims widespread fraud with no evidence to support his claim, yet many believe him. How can this be? From birth we are bombarded with dogma: Merriam Webster defines dogma as “a point of view put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds.” We are conditioned early on, for better or worse, to believe. Believing…
Read MoreHow the Act of Caring Gets You Back to Love ll By Dorothy Wallis
Doesn’t it feel wonderful when you know that someone cares for you? It is a deeply felt knowing that you are not alone in the world. It is an essential need. There is a longing to be connected to someone in your life that supports you and has your back. When you don’t feel “cared…
Read MoreOne Air, One Breath, One Family: An Unprecedented Shared Experience ll By Dorothy Wallis
What we are experiencing on the planet is unprecedented. Never before have we had the magnitude of global interconnection and communication during a crisis that affects every human being, as we are experiencing in this moment. Much of humanity is focused on the media, the daily changes in life and the effect it is having on…
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