Archives for August 2009

Strangers=Family=Kindness?

You know you are a book addict if you have bought so many books but have yet read close to 10% of your collection – I am one such addict. Currently, I am reading Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet In Heaven. Like many others, I have been a big fan of Mitch since [...]

A Simple Story Of A Simple Kindness

This story proves that you can do a lot with so little. From Abbotsford News, British Columbia, Canada Last week my mother passed away after a painful illness. She was courageous right to the end. Last Friday she was buried next to my father. The end of an era, of two wonderful parents. That was [...]

Kindness is…Stand By Me

I’ve watched this video many times since it first came out. Time to share the love. The song signifies deeply what I think kindness is. It’s like what Roger Ridley said in the beginning: “No matter who you are. No matter where you go in your life. At some point, you gonna need somebody, to [...]

An Interview With The DoGood Guys

In one of my last posts, I introduced a new iPhone application that can help iPhone users do a kind act everyday. Well, I was so impressed with what the team at mobil33t did for mankind that I had asked them for an interview. They were so generous with their time and kindly gave me [...]

A Toll of Kindness

As toll collector at the Golden Gate Bridge, Michelle Shalagin has received flowers, doughnuts, bottles of wine and a set of pearl earrings. She’s been asked out on dates, watched children grow from toddler to teenager, and taken verbal abuse for the $6 toll that went into effect on Sept. 2. Shalagin started her job [...]

New Book by Michael Chase!- Get 10% off (before Aug 31)

One of my dear friends, Michael Chase, has recently just published a new book, Am I Being Kind? Get it now by clicking on the book and enter “README” to get 10% off. (Code end 31 Aug, 2009) About the Book: Kindness is so much more than “being nice,” says founder of The Kindness Center, [...]

Ripple Effects of Kindness – Interconnectedness

In an earlier post, I wrote about Interconnectedness and how each and every one of us is connected together in one way or another. I wanted to further expand on the thought of the ripple effects of doing a simple act of kindness. As we all know, if you throw a stone in the water, [...]

Kindness Is Just A Carved Stone Away

Keepers of Sconestone will perform good deeds By BILL SPURR Features Writer WARREN MACLEOD won’t be surprised if he takes longer than usual to get through airport security on his trip to Scotland. After all, it’s not every day someone’s carry-on luggage includes the spirit of kindness. That’s what MacLeod hopes his creation, the Sconestone, [...]