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What If?
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(Photo by Jay Nolan, Tampa Tribune/WFLA) A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. Martin Lu...
Topics: americanpoverty.org, compassion, cooperation, wishadoo, homelessness
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The Essence of Optimism
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"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to c...
Topics: wishadoo, good news, optimism
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From Down and Out to Happiness: It’s a Wonderful Life (...
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This is from goodnewsnetwork.org . I'm unable to link to the story as it doesn't seem accessible without registration, so I'm sharing here via my paid membership, with proper credit as to the source....
Topics: good news network, lee gaylord, compassion
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Zen Parable: Paradise
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Two people are lost in the desert. They are dying from hunger and thirst. Finally, they come to a high wall. On the other side they can hear the sound of a waterfall and birds singing. Above, they can...
Topics: compassion, community, zen, wishadoo
D. Patrick
Before You Know What Kindness Really Is (a poem by Naom...
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This is so lovely, it must be shared. BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT KINDNESS REALLY IS Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a ...
Topics: kindness, naomi shihab nye, molly rice, wishadoo, compassion