work Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/work/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:27:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 In Humble Appreciation https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/06/in-humble-appreciation/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:36:26 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9020 Imagine where we’d be without them!

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]]> While You Shop, Do This https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/14/while-you-shop-do-this/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:00:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8793 Use your immense power as a consumer. Ask where items you’re buying are made. Why? Activists to Retailers: Shoppers Need to Know Who’s Making the

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]]> Thanksgiving Prayer https://smthingscount.com/2019/11/27/thanksg-prayer/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:41:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8475 Here’s a very simple act that we can all perform each day: offer up the “Thanksgiving Prayer.”  Not just at Thanksgiving, but all year long. 

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]]> Why We Bother Working https://smthingscount.com/2019/09/12/why-we-bother-working/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:38:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8429 Sometimes we feel all we do is work, work, work. And to what end? Today’s Thursday Thought gives a glimpse into the future. “Our work

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]]> Are You Donating $162,000 a Year? https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/30/are-you-donating-162000-a-year/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:36:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7701 Salary.com has added up the monetary worth of a parent who stays at home to care for his or her child: $162,000.  That’s $5,000 more

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]]> Extending Thanksgiving https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/23/extending-thanksgiving/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:27:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7396 Let’s extend Thanksgiving a day…no, a lifetime. If prayer (or God) isn’t your thing, substitute whatever guiding force you use in your life, maybe simply

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]]> I Get the Caravan https://smthingscount.com/2018/10/23/i-get-the-caravan/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:43:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7405 I’ve been watching those 3000, then 5000, then 7000 migrants in the caravan from Honduras through Mexico toward the U.S. I’ve heard the statements–none of

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]]> Help for the Weary Caregiver https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/09/help-for-the-weary-caregiver/ Wed, 09 May 2018 15:08:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6881 Many of us find ourselves in the position of being a primary caregiver, whether to a child, a spouse, a parent, or a grandparent.  Yet,

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]]> Funny Things You Hear on Take Your Child to Work Day https://smthingscount.com/2018/04/26/funny-things-you-hear-on-take-your-child-to-work-day/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:26:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6857 What’s your reaction to today’s Take Your Child to Work Day? The kid loves it, and it’s great parent-child bonding. But how do people react?

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]]> Guilt-Free Chocolate https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/28/guilt-free-chocolate-2/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:15:47 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6776 What is the first secular thing that comes to mind with the word “Easter”?  Chocolate, of  course.  Chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies…gobs of chocolate that make our

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