We Take Care of Our Own
Last week I had the privilege of witnessing generosity on a scale that truly astounded me.
Last week I had the privilege of witnessing generosity on a scale that truly astounded me.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Posted 05.16.2012
This is the profound meaning of discipline: maintaining love, maintaining the hope that every living being will awaken, even in the most difficult or challenging conditions. It's a softening of the heart, a letting go of confusion, of anger, bitterness, and despair.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Posted 05.09.2012
Let's challenge ourselves to kick our practice to higher level by practicing generosity in our lives. How often and how far can we go out of our way each day? How does practicing generosity affect our own sense of well-being?
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 04.03.2012
Serving enables us to step beyond our own desires and to release any sense of separation. It takes us out of selfishness and neediness, and in the process we see our own self-centeredness in greater perspective.
Judith Johnson | Posted 05.15.2012
When we look outward instead of inward, it is easy to become disconnected from a deep sense of the relevance of our being and our connection to one another.
Sasha Dichter | Posted 05.01.2012
That was the question we posed to the world as part of an effort to re-boot Valentine's Day as Generosity Day. The premise was simple: Could we transform a day that's been weighted down by overpriced flowers and boxes of candy into one known for active, purposeful generosity to all?
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson | Posted 04.17.2012
Jewish law in fact, commands that no matter how poor you are, you are commanded to give.
Carey Fuller | Posted 04.17.2012
For the past few days I've been in a state of shock. Someone decided to give a homeless mother a surprise gift. Only in a fantasy would someone give a...
Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 04.16.2012
Let's give love its proper place, and I daresay that we would have a different, much happier, more balanced and harmonious, just world if we were all more in touch with the archetypal energy behind these forms of love.
Posted 02.13.2012
Barely three days before Valentine's Day last year, Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer for Acumen Fund, decided to convert his month-long "Genero...
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein | Posted 03.19.2012
Restaurants often chase the homeless away, instead of inviting them to the backdoor for a warm meal. Let someone else give them a hand, I have heard said too many times.
Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 03.15.2012
In this 2012, a year of significant changes, I urge you to look closely at your thoughts, choices and reactions to life unfolding. Watch and listen as in slow motion, for the events calling you out to side-step from your ego and become all you were meant to be.
Roger Housden | Posted 03.10.2012
The greatest gift of love is the gesture of open arms -- let come what comes -- not because you don't care, or because you hope to steel yourself against pain, but because you care so much that you are helpless to do anything else.
Steve Heilig | Posted 02.21.2012
Last cold Christmas morning I took a traditional dogwalk through S.F.'s fabled Haight-Ashbury. It was pretty much empty of people on the streets. But left behind were a fair number of unfortunate souls lying in doorways.
Lewis Richmond | Posted 02.28.2012
When I ask audiences what they like about being older, people often answer "Gratitude," and then say what they are grateful for: grandchildren, good health, free time, wearing what they want, the chance to travel, giving back to the community.
Judith Orloff MD | Posted 02.18.2012
Generosity accelerates the free flow of everything positive in your life. The secret is to be generous, whatever your net worth.
Posted 12.16.2011
One of the most important factors for maintaining a happy marriage is generosity between spouses, according to new research from the National Marriage...
Vicki Larson | Posted 02.12.2012
Remember when you and your sweetie were dating? Besides being unable to take your hands off each other, you most likely were engaged in a mutual admiration society -- he'd tell you how beautiful you looked in that dress, you'd tell him that you love the way his eyes turn from bluish to greenish on cloudy days.
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 01.23.2012
There is so much to be grateful for -- the grand and the mundane, the intimate and the global, the sacred and the supposedly secular. Blessings surround us on all sides. We just need to open our eyes and see them, name them, and say thank you.
BJ Gallagher | Posted 01.21.2012
WE GIVE THANKS BY ... AWAKENING each day with an attitude of gratitude. BEING HUMBLE about our role in the universe. COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS ... ofte...
Andy Shaw | Posted 01.21.2012
At first glance I assumed it was another $50 donation. Another 999 of those and we'll hire a new investigator, I thought. But as I examined the numbers more closely the written amount jolted me like an electric shock: $50,000. From people I'd never met.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 01.09.2012
In assessing a man's capacity to be generous, you need to look at his ability to be generous not only with you, but also with others he truly loves.
Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.23.2011
When it comes to milestone birthdays, the celebrant typically sits back and waits for the cake, party and presents to come his way. But, when Lucas Ja...
Daniel Koh | Posted 09.21.2011
Observing the good that people do in their everyday lives provides an undeniable source of reassurance in our faith in our fellow man. Allow me to illustrate.
Anne Naylor | Posted 08.21.2011
The more you count your blessings, the more blessings you may find you have. Gratitude grows. It will give you the feeling of fullness which in turn can lead you to wonder.
Brad Rothschild | Posted 05.16.2012