compassion Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/compassion/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:03:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Compassion in Social Media https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/05/compassion-in-social-media/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:05:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9550 People are frustrated by virus restrictions and political warfare. We’re so tied up in knots that some things that we’d normally take in stride become

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]]> Compassion? A Game? https://smthingscount.com/2020/06/05/compassion-a-game/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:41:08 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9270 Here’s a new game for gamers and the rest of us.  It’s a game designed to put more than our console-fingers to work.  The idea is

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]]> Keep Them Close https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/24/keep-them-close/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:27:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8508 Today’s Thursday Thought quote suggests we should remember to treat family as we do others. We tend to nurture friendships and business relationships but take

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]]> Self-Criticism Ages Us…and Other Harms https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/29/how-self-criticism-harms-us-so-badly/ Tue, 29 May 2018 16:33:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6938 Ever spend sleepless nights thinking, “I should/would/could have…” or “I’m so embarrassed” or “She’s right about me” or similar self-criticisms? Sure you have. We all

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]]> We’ll All Get There https://smthingscount.com/2017/08/03/well-all-get-there/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:55:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6115 In today’s Thursday Thought quote, George Washington Carver gives some good, even practical, advice: “Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, tolerant of the

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]]> Jane Goodall Looks at Humans https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/22/jane-goodall-looks-at-humans/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:04:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4231 You might think that a British anthropologist who studies animal behavior has her mind somewhere else but in the human world.  Not true of Jane

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]]> Quenching Compassion: A Plea to Readers https://smthingscount.com/2015/09/16/quenching-compassion/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:35:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4130 If you’ve been a reader of this blog for awhile, you know that I believe in the power of the human family when we join

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]]> This Russian Understands Compassion https://smthingscount.com/2015/04/30/this-russian-understands-compassion/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:10:45 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3734 A Thursday Thought from a famous Russian author and philosopher: “Compassion is the chief law of human existence.”– Fyodor Dostoyevsky    

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]]> A Positive Look Back and Forward via UC Berkeley https://smthingscount.com/2014/12/30/a-positive-look-back-and-forward-via-uc-berkeley/ Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:20:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3379 The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley has published its 2014 “Top 10 Insights from The Science of a Meaningful Life.”  For an explanation

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]]> Society Says, “Die Alone” https://smthingscount.com/2014/11/07/society-says-die-alone/ Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:42:51 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3244 Imagine you’re dying of cancer and totally alone, 24/7, except for the doctors who visit to take care of you.  Now imagine you’ve been on

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