Oprah emails me regularly. She keeps me updated on what is going on with her; shares with me what books she thinks I should read; lets me know helpful information about how to stay in good health; keeps me abreast of the top financial thoughts; and, shares warm, fuzzy stuff that helps me be a [...]
Tag: kindness
Humanity trumps. ;-)
Mike shared a great story with me that he caught on Yahoo's home page. It reminded me of a concept I shared with my students in class on Tuesday about people's behavior in disaster. On Tuesday, we watched Boatlift - a short documentary video (approximately 11 minutes) about the amazing boat evacuation on 9/11. 500,000 [...]
That was pretty filling…
Cheyenne is a voracious reader. She is the type of kid who actively asks for books as gifts and can spend the bulk of a day with her nose buried in a novel. I used to be like that when I was a kid. I remember the power of a good book to keep you [...]
Thank you Summit, South Dakota!
In the midst of blizzard conditions, it is still mighty warm and cozy in Summit, South Dakota. In true Midwest form, community members in Summit rose to the occasion when student fans of UND's hockey team couldn't continue their trip home due to worsening conditions. They opened facilities in town where the students could settle [...]
Coated in delightfulness…
I made a quick trip to the grocery store today close to the five o'clock hour. It wasn't yet packed, but it was starting to get the "after work, day before Thanksgiving, need a few last things" rush. I wanted to get in and out before the store became impossible to navigate. I am not a [...]
A joyous cry…
Barbara Wang made me cry and rejoice the other day. The tears weren't bad ones - they weren't even big ones. They were the kind of tears that well up in your eyes when your heart smiles so big that it leaks out of your eyes. It was more than a happy cry - it was [...]
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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