spirit Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/spirit/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:18:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Let Me Dream https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/28/let-me-dream/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:46:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9653 Starting in November, no matter who we vote in as President, I fervently hope the spirit of Martin Luther King., Jr. rests upon his shoulders

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]]> A Different Kind of Christmas Gift https://smthingscount.com/2019/12/23/a-different-kind-of-christmas-gift-2/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:08:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8701 Start a new Christmas tradition. Each family member writes down a gift, placing the paper in a special stocking or wrapped box with a slot

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]]> Really Get into the Christmas Spirit https://smthingscount.com/2019/12/16/really-get-into-the-christmas-spirit/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:55:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8679 Found this in my news feed. 12 days of Holiday Kindness–what a great idea! Sure, it’s only 9 days until Christmas, but why not double-up

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]]> Family–Personal Note https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/26/family-personal-note/ Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:04:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8220 I’m excited. Family I love very much is coming for a week’s visit in a few days. We haven’t been physically together for two years.

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]]> “Giving” in to Tomorrow https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/26/giving-in-to-tomorrow/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:44:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7514 Tomorrow is “Giving Tuesday,” a holiday designed to balance out the self-absorbed madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  On this day, business, charities, communities,

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]]> Run-of-the-Mill Humans https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/15/run-of-the-mill-humans/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:24:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6746 Stephen Hawking was a great scientist. He had the world and future figured out and lived long enough to see some of it  confirmed. Sometimes

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]]> A New Christmas Tradition https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/22/a-new-christmas-tradition/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:54:04 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6522 Start a new Christmas tradition. Each family member writes down a gift, placing the paper in a special stocking or wrapped box with a slot

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]]> The Real America https://smthingscount.com/2017/09/11/the-real-america/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:30:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6224 Sixteen years ago we proved that we are America strong, America compassionate, America resilient, America united, America tough, America protective. A group of fanatics set

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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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