Sometimes certain words can set people off. For ‘Thriving On the Other Side’ the issue was with the word ‘God’.
The Last Leaf: My War Against Change
Deep into November, a few last leaves cling to the trees. I always wonder about these leaves. What makes them hold on when millions of other leaves have fallen to their fate? Sometimes I think they are the stubborn ones, unwilling to accept the inevitable
Feet of a Beggar, Heart of an Angel
Tattoos done with dirty needles. Garbage on the beach. Streets used as bathrooms. These are some of the issues Kane Ryan grapples with as he works amidst the poverty of Bombay. But he also finds smiles, caring and acceptance in a community that laughs at his flip-flops and tells him he has the “Feet of a beggar, the heart of an angel.”
365 Acts of Gratitude
Are you grateful for your life? How do you show your gratitude? Rosie decides to go on a year long journey planning out a conscious act of gratitude every day.
Life Lessons from a Three-Legged Cat
When Kerry adopted a cat name Eddie with three legs she worried about how to care for him. But this charismatic cat taught her a thing or two about living life to the fullest and loving like you’ve never been hurt.
Something Far Greater
‘Thriving On the Other Side’ encounters a kindred spirit and experiences a sense that something far greater than herself is at work in her life.
Reducing Our Speed
Why do we call life a journey and rush through it like it’s a race with a prize at the end? Or is it that all these racing metaphors for life are simply wrong?
Baby Hummingbird Rescued By Young Man
This is beautiful. A young man nursing a baby hummingbird back to health. To me, this video speaks to the capacity of our species for love and empathy. It gives me hope and it makes me smile. I hope that it makes you feel as good inside as it made me feel. The Jack Johnson […]
Why Talk to Strangers?
I don’t know why I started the Stranger Dinners. Maybe it was out of loneliness. I was living in a new town with my two best friends, having just graduated from college where hundreds of familiar and interesting faces would greet me as soon as I walked out my door…
Guest Houses of Autumn
The poet Rumi wrote, “This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.” Sitting in a park amidst autumn foliage, Nathan Thompson contemplates how we honour or do not honour what or who knocks on the doors of our ‘guest houses.”
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