Day 763: Happy New Year

Sorry for the extended absence, my friends. It’s been a tough year filled with company bankruptcies, family illnesses, hang nails, and general ennui. But I saw a double dose of good deeding today and just had to share. The first dose happened just steps from where I took this picture. You know those car […]

Day 761: The gift of warmth

. It’s Family Day here in Ontario … a time to spend with loved ones, reflect on family times, or simply celebrate having a long weekend in the middle of freezing February. I thought Family Day was the perfect time to update you about the Winter Clothing Drive I mentioned in my last post. There’s […]

Day 760: Home is where the heart is

This is beautiful and wanted to share. “It’s very simple to be kind,” says seven-year-old Jacob. “At the end of the day, homeless people are just humans with a lot of bad luck.”

Day 758: Rest in peace, Frank

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you may remember me mentioning Frank Nelson. A true hero. Frank, from Barrie, Ontario, was diagnosed in 2010 with stage-four colon cancer. Many folks in that situation would either give up entirely, or work on their “bucket list” of things they want to do or experience […]

Day 757: And I will give you rest

Saw this story today and wanted to share. We Canadians know just how cold and unforgiving winter can be, so I can’t even imagine the struggles homeless people have to deal with this season. This lovely, caring church group in Winnipeg provides winter shelter for those in need, but also got together to crochet plastic […]

Day 755: 5 ways to celebrate World Kindness Day

Today is World Kindness Day, basically the Olympic Games for good-deed bloggers. The pressure is on and I am UP for it! Well, I’ll try, anyways. Here are the 5 ways I plan to be kinder today: Lend a hand I got a head start this morning when our elevator wasn’t working. (Apparently the elevator […]

Day 744: Poetry Friday

Needed to hear this today. Just in case you do, too, I thought I’d share. Powerful. . Because opening our heart to others often begins with opening our heart to ourselves. And that doesn’t mean letting ourselves off the hook, or giving ourselves an easy ride. But digging deep to be our best selves. Finding […]

Day 742: Survival of the kindest

. In honour of the upcoming World Peace Weekend (Sept. 23-24), wanted to share this amazing video. It highlights a project that began in Washington State in 2012, called the “Compassion Games” — an antidote to the “Hunger Games” atmosphere of much of our world today. In 2012, there were two teams in the Compassion […]

Day 741: Elevator diaries

So, how’s your day going? Busy? Not busy enough? I hear ya. Mine’s going okay, pretty quiet. So quiet that something occurred to me today. I realized that without consciously thinking about it, I’ve started to talk to strangers more than I used to. Now, the thought of saying even “Hello” to a stranger used […]

Day 740: Lone wolf

. Came across this little story today and it really stuck with me. Maybe because of all the crazy headlines and political turmoil out there right now. I’m certainly guilty of letting it get to me and lashing out online or in person about things I have zero control over. I want to keep coming […]