“If material things are what you’re talking about when you say, “I’m blessed” – you have no idea what a blessing is.” – DailyKarmaQuotes.com I came across this quote earlier in the week on Facebook – right around the time much of Colorado was blanketed with half a foot of
Category: Generosity & Kindness
Poor people have a better sense of what’s important than we do
“Poor people are, as a rule, a bit more generous. We understand what it might be like to have to beg even if we have never done it ourselves. In fact, there’s data to back me up. The latest research shows that people of low socioeconomic status are more likely
What real courage is often is misunderstood in society
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, main character Atticus Finch says, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway
The grass is always greener blinds you from seeing what you already have
On WritingExplained.org, the phrase, “The grass is always greener on the other side” is defined as such: “When someone is not satisfied with their own lot in life and always assumes that there are better things in other places.” Sound like anyone you know? I can think of a handful
Acknowledge me to affirm that my contributions matter
“It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By ‘we’ I mean adults. We’re adults, right? But emotionally we’re a culture of seven-year-olds. Have you ever had that moment when are you updating your status and you realize that every status update is just a variation on