Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

One Kind Moment

Feb 28, 2022

"Real kindness and compassion is not about feeling sorry for someone else. Rather, it is showing up, to help them discover their true value." Charles F. Glassman
One practice of compassion involves seeing the best in others. This practice is particularly important when others do not readily perceive the best in...


Feb 27, 2022

"You can relate to somebody's pain, and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy." Jeff Bridges
Pain enables an unveiling of mystery - an impossible secret concealed in the heart of Life. The enigmatic possibility of transformation is not immediately apparent to innocent eyes. Because pain is undesirable, it does...


Feb 26, 2022

"Misery is, by her own nature, a passing phase of sorrow, one that does not linger uninvited. Her sojourns seem to be part of Life's required curriculum, perhaps because Misery endows us with compassion and empathy." Sarah Ban Breathnach
The curriculum of Life often includes sorrow. Any loss can induce that experience...


Feb 25, 2022

"Evolutionary psychologists seem to want to unmask our noblest motives as ultimately self-interested - to show that our love for children, compassion for the unfortunate and sense of justice are just tactics in a Darwinian struggle to perpetuate our genes." Steven Pinker
There does not have to be a loser in every game....


Feb 24, 2022

"The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life - an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment." Craig T. Nelson
The bald-faced lie of resentment tells us that something will get better as long as we are willing to hold onto...