Category: Kindness

  • One Way Out of a Funk: Do Something that Puts a Smile on Someone’s Face – by Dr. Ross Reck

    One Way Out of a Funk: Do Something that Puts a Smile on Someone’s Face – by Dr. Ross Reck

    Blueberry Cake / Pie

    Not long ago, I found myself feeling a bit down. There was no particular reason for it, I was just in a funk. One of the things I have learned over the years is that the quickest way out of a funk is to do something that puts a smile on someone’s face. So, I decided to make a blueberry cake/pie for my grandson Luke who had been sick and housebound for a few days. Blueberry cake/pies are his favorite. After I finished baking it, my wife said, “We have lots of ripe tomatoes in the garden and Mia loves them. Why don’t you take a basket of tomatoes to her as well.” I thought, “What a great idea!” Then she said, “Trader Joe’s has peonies right now, and Katie loves them. Why don’t you stop on the way and get her some.” So, I did. When I walked into their house carrying a box that contained a fresh cake/pie, fresh ripe tomatoes and two bouquets of pink peonies, I was greeted with enthusiastic and grateful smiles from my two grandchildren and my daughter. And, as you can guess, my funk disappeared, and I felt great for the rest of the day!

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  • CBS This Morning: The power of acts of kindness

    Kindness is not simply an act of compassion; it also produces a hormone that has a healthful effect on the heart’s arteries. Lee Cowan talks with author David Hamilton, who teaches about the physical and biochemical benefits of kindness; to a couple who set out to do one small act of kindness every day for an entire year, spreading the news on social media; and to the founder of Think Kindness, a program to teach schoolkids that no kind act is too small. [1]

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    1. CBS This Morning, December 24, 2017 – The power of acts of kindness




  • Does Your Daily Life Require More Kindness

    When we realize just how tethered to one another we truly are, we can begin to see through the veil which separates us and imagine other people’s lives as mirrors of our own. You cannot be human in isolation but only when united with other people. We must appreciate the interconnection,the process by which we are woven to one another from the moment of our birth, bonding us perpetually to the entire human race. [Filmed at TEDxMaastricht]

    Amalie Jahn grew up with her nose buried between the pages of her favorite novels. Like many other children who were ostracized or picked on in some way, she used the written word as a way to escape – reading whatever fiction she could get her hands on and writing her own verities as well. Happily, things are much better for her these days, and now she uses the power of the written word to inspire and encourage a new generation of readers as an author.

    “I take inspiration for my novels from the collective experiences which draw people together. One of life’s greatest truths is that we are all much more alike than we are different, and what most of us are looking for more than anything else is acceptance. Capturing stories and drawing on the emotions which resonate inside all of us is my passion.”

    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.