Is politeness an antiquated behavior? Have we lost our ability as a society to be civil and gracious to others? I wonder this every single day as I watch the way our society has become disconnected from others, in part because of technology. I know this seems counter-intuitive - I know many folks think we [...]
Tag: civility
Me and my little owl…
My daughter Sarah brought me home a gift from her trip to Cocoa Beach, Florida. The gift is an owl charm that is meant to hang in your vehicle. It has pretty colored beads and says "kindness matters" on it. She got it for me because she knows I like owls and believe that kindness [...]
Civility and kindness…are they slipping away from us as a society?
I was visiting Sarah and my new grandbaby Lennon on Wednesday when I first caught the story on television about the bullied bus monitor video that had gone viral on the Internet. The entertainment show that I caught it on only showed a snippet of the video, but a snippet was enough. It was, in [...]
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