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How To Be Compassionate: Use Your Imagination

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I wish I knew What it’s like to be A splinter, a bee. A song, a sea. A tree, a shoe. A bird that’s new. I wish I knew What it’s like to be you. – By my daughter Tamar, at age 7   When I was a child, I experienced an awakening moment. My [...]

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A Change of Heart

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon
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Will Rogers said, “We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
And, while I think Will had a valid point, Holly Near’s song “Change of Heart” offers a perceptive I believe Will would agree with, to paraphrase it: Our hearts and minds change when we participate in empowering the lives of those around us. In addition, when we observe others acts of kindness we are further inspired. So, I believe Will would agree with me when I say the two roles, hero and curb sitter, in his statement shift and revolve many times in the cycles of our lives.

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Playing for Change – Stand By Me

by Moments Count

This video is a guest contribution by Ann Smith Life is a collection of invaluable moments. Grab each one. Empower it with the contribution of your self. And if you will, turn to those around you, ask them to contribute. If they ask you what cause to contribute to, my suggestion would be offer them [...]

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Power in the sea of change

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The dramatic moments of our lives cause instantaneous and sometimes cataclysmic change. But even without drama, even in our calm we carry with us the power to create change in our world. Just as the ocean changes the surface of the entire globe by calmly and rhythmically lapping against the land, we carry with us [...]

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Did you hear that?! Well, if ya’ didn’t, TURN IT UP!!!!!

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Okay, okay!! Truth’s out!! I’m one of those people who turn their music up really loud in the car. No, I mean REALLY loud!! Yup! I won’t lie to ya’. Make note of that. I won’t lie to you. But, back to the topic at hand, playing the music in my car, it’s reeeaaallllly loud! [...]

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