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Tag Archives: kindness

July 15, 2024

Kindness Matters

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I have been the recipient of a lot of kindness lately and you know what? It feels darn good. My neighbor and friend Elaine brought me some lovely things from her recent trip and also gifted me some delicious green beans from her garden. My Continue reading →

January 17, 2024

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I found this inspirational quote last year and reposted it on Facebook this past week.  I got a lot of “likes” on it and I agree.  It deserves a lot of likes.  Neil deGrasse Tyson is a well known American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Continue reading →

April 14, 2023

Be Kind

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If I could say one thing today that I would hope is something that my readers would take to heart it is to just be kind. I am preaching to the choir here with the folks that read my blog. You guys all get it. Continue reading →

October 19, 2020

Kindness Always Wins

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“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to Continue reading →

September 18, 2020

The Simple Act of Kindness Matters

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When did it become acceptable to be mean and not kind?  In my world it is NOT acceptable but I have seen it time and time again and it is eating at me. Comments about a performer ‘s stomach. Comments about an outfit that someone Continue reading →

August 6, 2020

Kindness Pandemic

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A kindness pandemic is a good kind of pandemic to have. It has been one crazy year in 2020 but everywhere I am able to see the kindness that people are sharing with one another. Whether it is donating to a fundraiser for school supplies, Continue reading →

July 30, 2020

Pass It On

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I ventured out yesterday. Honestly I have gone out very little since March. I can count on one hand the number of visits I have made inside a store. I have several reasons that I am limiting my trips to retail establishments. Everyone I know Continue reading →

January 18, 2019

It’s Really Quite Simple – Be Kind

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It really is quite simple. At least in my mind it is. A lot of things could be made much better if we all just practiced a little kindness every day. I get tired of all of the negativity and if you are like me Continue reading →

December 21, 2018

Sean of the South – The Perfect Books for Gift Giving

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My favorite author, Sean Dietrich, has to be one of the most generous and compassionate folks on this planet. I have raved about him before on the blog and shared my  admiration for him, his writing, his podcasts, his blog, his kindness, the list goes Continue reading →

October 6, 2017

Our Greatest Need

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 44 Comments/ 470

“I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help. There is no mistaking love…it is the common fiber of life, the flame that Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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