people Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/people/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:45:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Lesson from Sunflowers https://smthingscount.com/2021/01/07/lesson-from-sunflowers/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:07:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9829 I’ve always enjoyed watching sunflowers at different times of the day. It’s interesting how they move, toward the sun when it’s bright and inward when

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]]> People in Our Lives https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/13/people-in-our-lives/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:30:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9378 We are surrounded by people we touch and we don’t even know we’ve affected their lives, as today’s Thursday Thought quote points out.

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]]> Four Thoughts for the Fourth https://smthingscount.com/2019/07/03/four-thoughts-for-the-fourth/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:17:46 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8128 To get us ready for tomorrow, I thought it appropriate to send you to the HufPost’s Four Thoughts  for the Fourth.  This short article points out

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]]> Avoiding Weird People https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/08/avoiding-weird-people/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:50:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7643 I did some people-watching on my shopping trip yesterday. What struck me was how often someone avoids eye contact or moves away from another person

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]]> We All Deserved It https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/28/we-all-deserved-it/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:36:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7328 I AM OUTRAGED! Whomever is telling the truth, Christine Blasey Ford or Brett Kavanaugh, is NOT the issue. The Senate Judiciary Committee has treated both

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]]> Things are Looking Up in the World https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/17/things-are-looking-up-in-the-world/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:40:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7159 Feeling frustrated and fearful about a present world that seems hell-bent on destruction? Wonder why you bother to do little things to protect the environment

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]]> When it’s Good to Be All Wet https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/31/when-its-good-to-be-all-wet/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:12:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7133 I just learned of a program starting up in my area. It’s called Showers to the People. The organization has a  mobile shower-truck  that alternates

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]]> Now, That’s Solid(arity)! https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/17/now-thats-solidarity/ Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:50:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7085 Even if you’re not a member of a faith that believes in the  principle of Solidarity, for all of us it’s an important part of getting

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]]> People and Threads https://smthingscount.com/2018/02/15/people-and-threads/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:19:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6671 We often don’t know what’s going on with people we encounter in the course of our day.  So today’s Thursday Thought quote is good to

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]]> Of People and Flowers https://smthingscount.com/2017/09/07/of-people-and-flowers/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:16:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6188 I don’t have a quote for today’s Thursday Thought, just a musing…something that I’ve been thinking about: How can it be that someone who marvels

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