Kindness

Feeling Good Tip ~ Your Treasure May be Closer than You Think

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A Bountiful Treasure

I traveled to Albuquerque, NM, to visit a daughter and her family. Hospitality and love were the operative words for my visit. I felt both as I passed through security and saw my daughter waving her arm at me. We were both waving and the people near my daughter said to her, “You both look so happy.” We were. I visited over the weekend and every moment was a moment filled joy and love. Those are things that can’t be bought, I packed more than my backpack when I left. I packed love and treasured memories.  Connect with family and friends. There is your treasure.

Feeling Good Tip ~ A Pleasant Surprise at the Supermarket

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Taking Time to Connect

I went to the supermarket today. While I was pushing my cart through the produce section, this guy comes up and taps me on the shoulder. I look at him. He looks familiar. My brain is racing for a name and location. Fortunately, my brain didn’t have to race to far. It stopped at A. I said, “Hi, Al. How are you?” Al said, “You remembered me. I recognized you, but I don’t remember you name.” From there we blocked the area in front of the jalapeños and avocados and had a nice conversation. Ten minutes later we split. Taking time to have a catch up conversation is always a good thing. I felt good after talking with Al and I hope I he felt the same after speaking with me.

Feeling Good Tip ~ Looking for the Good in Each Other

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I was talking to a friend at the gym today. My friend also lives in my neighborhood. I mentioned another neighbor who was doing some landscaping. My gym friend went off on her and told me why he didn’t like her. His take was much different than min. I viewed her as kind and compassionate. She was there for me during my two hip operations. Two different takes on the same person. When we overlook another’s faults, there’s a good chance they’ll overlook our faults. The world is always a bit better when we see the good in each other.

Feeling Good Tip ~ Do You Have the Gift?

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Some people make you feel good each time you enter their sphere. My Uncle Joe was that kind of person. He was a truck driver and he worked on cars in a garage at the rear of his house. When I was young, I walked a mile and half down the tracks to his house. I’d walk into his garage and he’d stop working on a car and welcome me. He made me feel welcome. He’d talk to me while he worked and I felt like I belonged. He had a special gift. I looked up to him. When people are made to feel wanted, the sun breaks through the clouds and a rainbow appears.

Poem for Today ~ The Miracle

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The Miracle

Fenton Johnson

Though I was dwelling in a prison house, 
My soul was wandering by the carefree stream
Through fields of green with gold eyed daisies strewn, 
And daffodils and sunflower cavaliers. 
And near me played a little browneyed child, 
A winsome creature God alone conceived, 
“Oh, little friend,” I begged. “Give me a flower
That I might bear it to my lonely cell.” 
He plucked a dandelion, an ugly bloom, 
But tenderly he placed it in my hand, 
And in his eyes I saw the sign of love. 
‘Twas then the dandelion became a rose. 

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Feeling Good Tip ~ Doing Good Makes You Feel Good

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Whenever I travel I see and meet so many wonderful people. On a recent flight, a tall man, lifted luggage out of the overhead bins for several older people. One passenger hollered, “Ma’am, you forgot your scarf. The woman was almost to the front of the plane. We all waited while the scarf was passed forward. A grateful woman took the scarf and said thank you. An elderly woman asked if someone could pass her luggage forward. It had been stored in overhead bin several rows behind her seat. Immediately, someone opened the bin, asked, “is this yours?” She said, “Yes.” The luggage was passed forward. There are many good people and they are the glue that holds it all together. I know you are one of the good people.

Feeling Good Tip ~ Happy People are Not Bored

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Boredom is a Burden

According to the Time Magazine article “6 Secrets You Can Learn from the Happiest People on Earth,” The happiest people are those that are very busy but don’t feel rushed: . . . Too much time is a burden: . . . surveys “continue to show the least happy group to be those who quite often have excess time.” Boredom, it seems, is burdensome. So what do you need to be doing? Things you’re good at. “Signature strengths” are the things you are uniquely talented at — and using them brings you joy. People who deliberately exercised their signature strengths on a daily basis became significantly happier for months.

NOTE: Jump into life with two feet. My mom lived into her 80″s and she was never bored. She worked in a shoe factory until she was 82. And, she loved to bake cookies. She baked them for family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors. Baking cookies was her signature strength. She wasn’t educated in the formal sense, but she knew that it was healthier to stay busy than be bored.

Poem for Today ~ A Song

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A Song

Lucretia Maria Davidson

Life is but a troubled ocean, 
     Hope a meteor, love a flower
Which blossoms in the morning beam, 
     And whithers with the evening hour. 

Ambition is a dizzy height, 
     And glory, but a lightning gleam; 
Fame is a bubble, dazzling bright, 
    Which fairest shines in fortune’s beam. 

When clouds and darkness veil the skies, 
    And sorrow’s blast blows loud and chill, 
Friendship shall like a rainbow rise, 
    And softly whisper—peace, be still.

 

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Feeling Good Tip

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When You Don’t Have an Answer, Listen

Yesterday I ran into a guy I know at the gym. This guy has biceps as big as my legs. When I looked at him he looked as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders and he was about to collapse from carrying it. I asked him how he was doing. He stopped and looked at me and said, “Terrible, Ray. Last night at dinner, out of the blue, my told me she was going to divorce me.” For a moment, I thought this big, strong guy was going to fall to pieces. He held it together. He talked and I listened. Sometimes we can’t help others to feel good, the best we can do is to listen. I think that is good enough. Maybe, as he went through his day, he’ll remember that somebody listened.

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