Kindness

10 Ways To Deal With Difficult People

Tara Stiles | Posted 12.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Dealing With Stress, Kindness, Meditation, Yoga, Holidays, Difficult-Circumstances, Relationships, Living News
Tara Stiles

Whether it's family, work, relationships, or friends, we all deal with difficult people in different ways. Holidays often extract the most trying characteristics out of everyone.

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5 Budget-Friendly Ways to Give Back This Holiday Season

Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: Kindness, Green Living, Donations, Volunteering, Social Networking, Impact News
Michael Parrish DuDell

Whether you want to avoid the holiday rush, are just completely fed up with capitalism or are just flat broke there is no better gift this holiday season than the gift of making a difference.

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Thanksgiving Is Over -- Do I Still Have To Be Grateful?

Kari Henley | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Attitude of Gratitude, Kindness, Featured Contributor, Gratitude, Margaret Visser, Kari Henley, Thankfulness Thanksgiving, The Inner Life, Living News
Kari Henley

Here we are, the weekend after Thanksgiving. The leftovers are gone, black Friday is past, and everyone can resume normal activities. Does this mean I don't have to be grateful anymore?

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Hormone Oxytocin Linked To Kindness

nytimes.com | Natalie Angier | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxytocin, Relationships, Human Kindness, Hormone, Kindness, Science, Evolution, Hormones, Civilization, Living News

Be thankful for your brain's supply of oxytocin, the celebrated peptide hormone that helps lubricate our every prosocial exchange that make human soci...

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What The Buddha Would Say To Sarah Palin

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Kindness, Media, Honesty, Balanced Life, Inner Life, Yoga, The Buddha, Peace, Buddha, Compassion, Mindfulness, Sarah Palin, Eastern Philosophy, Meditation, Buddhism, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

At the moment, Palin is touring the country to promote her book, which has a very large number of words in it, but not all of them are necessarily either true or kind.

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Doing Less Means More Productivity, Kindness & Love

Marc Lesser | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual, Meditation, Sabbath, Kindness, Busyness, Love, Spirituality, Living News
Marc Lesser

Nearly every morning for the past 35 years I've spent about 30 minutes, doing nothing; nothing but being aware of my breath and body, and just appreciating being here, being alive.

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The Spiritual Lessons of HIV

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Rembrandt, God, Hiv, Grief, Kindness, Sprituality, Survival, Delvaux, Richter, Health, Wellness, Living News
Mark Olmsted

I learned to remind myself, every time that I felt tempted to internalize the societal stigma around HIV, that I contracted this disease in the search for human intimacy.

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Even New Radicals Get The Blues

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Activists, Kindness, Careers, Social Entrepreneurs, Good Works, Stephen Lewis, Books, New Radicals, Julia Moulden, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

Maybe we need to acknowledge to ourselves - and say aloud to one another - that it's hard to be out on the edge all the time. That exhaustion comes hand-in-hand with exhilaration.

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Paris Hilton And What We Can Learn From Our Pets

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Animals, Love, Pets, Relationships, Paris Hilton, Giving, The Balanced Life, The Giving Life, Compassion, Happiness, Joy, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

How amazing are the dogs that save their owner's lives by sounding the alarm or even calling 911? There are so many extraordinary stories about pets, ...

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Practice A Non-Random Act of Kindness

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Relationships, Happiness Project, Happiness, Kindness, Friends, Family, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

A while back, I posted about Happiness Myth #7: Doing "random acts of kindness" brings happiness. I wasn't arguing that acts of kindness wouldn't make...

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Where Does Torture Start? Where Does It End?

Gangaji | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Mindfulness, Compassion, Torture, Living News
Gangaji

As Americans we have to face our own complicity in the government-sanctioned torture of our time.

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Does A Recession Make Us Less Compassionate?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Inner Life, Compassion, Living, Caring, The Inner Life, Neighbors, Tea, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

When we have money we tend to build a bigger house and then we have to put a fence around it to keep people out, and then we have to become wary of an...

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Small Good News: Happy Mothers Days, All Year 'Round

Karen Stabiner | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Happiness, Living News
Karen Stabiner

As soon as my daughter was old enough to register my meaning, I explained that Mother's Day was not a holiday I felt the need to celebrate. To a sli...

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Paying It Behind

James M. Lynch | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Good Deed, Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Good Samaritan, Living News
James M. Lynch

Pay it Forward is a 10-year-old movie but the concept wasn't new then and it's not used up yet. The potential to virally spread goodness and beauty is more fertile now than ever.

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Pittsburgh Samaritan Does Five Good Deeds For Chicago Strangers Found On Craigslist

Windy Citizen | Gabrielle Tompkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Charity, Pittsburgh Good Samaritan, Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Pittsburgh Samaritan, Pay It Forward, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania, All for Good, The Giving Life, Chicago News

On the eve of April Fools' Day, a 29-year-old Pittsburgh man posted an ad on Craigslist Chicago offering "help with something this weekend" to any Chi...

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Dry Cleaners Offer Free Services For Unemployed

Huffington Post | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Free Dry Cleaners, Kindness, Philanthropy, All for Good, Acts of Kindness, The Giving Life, Small Good News, Living News

This story may be an oldie, relatively speaking, but it's still a goodie -- and a viral one at that! Dry cleaners around the country are offering thei...

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Tweet From SXSWi '09: "Pessimists Die Quickly" (Gulp)

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Pessimism, Wishful Thinking, Climate Crisis, Optimism, James E. Hansen, Sir Nicholas Stern, South by Southwest Interactive, Copenhagen, Twitter, The Future, Bruce Sterling, Green, Climate Change, Financial Crisis, Kindness, Sxswi, Design, Politics, Living, World News, Business Crisis, Green News
Sanjay Khanna

I believe we need to place trust in one another and create community-based responses to climate change, whole or piecemeal, in the face of constraints that are bound to grow over time.

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How Does A Waitress Deal With Rude People?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Inner Life, Happiness, Kindness, Serving Rude People, Waitress Rude Customers, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

A few weeks ago we wrote a blog called "Walking Your Talk: How Do You Treat a Waitress?" We had a great response and so this time we thought we would ...

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Walking Your Talk: How Do You Treat A Waitress?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 04.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Inner Life, Living, Happiness, Kindness, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

We had a TV series in London. One of our fellow TV presenters seriously upset the camera crew when they arrived at his house. He was rude and dismissi...

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10 Ways To Create Kindness

beliefnet.com | Sharon Salzberg | Posted 03.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Happiness, Living News

Kindness, as well as being a quality of the heart, is a skill. It deepens as we learn to pay attention to ourselves and one another with awareness. Wh...

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Be The Spirit Of Service Everyday

Karen Leland | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Community Service, Service, Happiness, Obama's Call to Service, The Giving Life, Living News
Karen Leland

Several Sunday nights ago ABC's Desperate Housewives departed from their steady diet of illicit affairs, criminal activities and neighborly intrigues ...

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Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Worry Vacation, Dread, Fear, Worry Time, Kindness, Psychology, Facing Limitations, Catastrophe, Coping Strategies, January, Recession, Holiday, Adversity, Challenges, Help Yourself, Help Others, Post Holidays Depression, Cope With Fear, How to Calm Down, Relieve Anxiety, Recession Fears, New Opportunities, How to Deal With Fear, Self Help, Coping, How to Deal With Anxiety, How to Deal With Stress, Anxiety, How to Cope, Calm Down, Worry, Living News
Tamar Chansky

Adjusting to this new reality means appreciating that just because there's a crisis going on, you can't live in it all the time: in crisis mode there's nothing to do but get immobilized with dread.

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Salvation

Mary Lou Song | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Holidays, New Year's Commentary, Charity, Compassion, Living News
Mary Lou Song

I realized that a simple donation I made leaving the store may actually help someone in need. Even in a small way. And I was glad to start the New Year with that thought in mind.

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The Impact of Kindness: Riches and Regrets

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Principals, Holiday Reflections, High School, Caring, Teachers, Love, The New Year, Compassion, Kindness, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
SaraKay Smullens

I find myself looking back and remembering those who showed me enormous kindness -- as well as opportunities for kindness to those I had not been deeply involved with.

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The Most Generous Gift of All is Free

Laurie Nadel | Posted 01.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Acts of Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness Research, Economy, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Genocide, Christmas, Kindness, The Economy, Forgiveness, Compassion, Rwanda, Living News
Laurie Nadel

These days, most of us feel some resentment towards something or someone: the economy, the President, employers, all the usual suspects. You may even feel angry at God for not intervening.

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