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Picturing The Ladder. Another Take On The Generous Cop Story.
“Teachers hold the ladder. Students climb” – Unknown It’s now-famous picture. The cop and the shoeless guy on a cold night in New York. Snapped by a passerby and posted on the New York City police...
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Our Repetition Is Our Reputation
“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” – Norman Vincent Peale The police officer told me, “Graffiti...
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Which Problem?
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa Everyday, we read about tragedies and wish we could help. Many of these are...
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We Are All Santa Claus
“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus!… There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.” – Francis P. Church Santa sure gives...
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Someone Somewhere
“Christmas is the day that holds all time together. “ – Alexander Smith At any given moment, someone somewhere is smiling. Merry Christmas, everyone At any given moment, a shut-in gets a visitor. At...
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Compassionate Minds
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” All well and good. But to me, it’s more important to remember - Compassionate minds...
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Freezing Hands. Warming Hearts.
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama The temperature dipped below freezing, but a heart was just warming up. My daughters and I were on our way to...
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If It’s Really Going To Work
“The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.” – Charles Kuralt, On the Road With Charles Kuralt Generosity Day has passed. I hope you made the...
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Generosity Jumble
Which guy is lazy? It’s pretty easy to judge, right?* Now ask yourself, which of the two men is more generous? Maybe it’s not so easy to tell. Cultural stereotypes and norms play a huge role in our...
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“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Teresa After taking my teenage son to his doctor’s checkup this afternoon, he was naturally hungry. photo credit: cereal box via...
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