By understanding the motives of other people, especially during conflict, Daniel is able to reach a peaceful resolution and more productive place quicker — not to mention, that acts
of kindness makes you happier.
In it they listed everything their partner had done for them in the previous seven days that made them feel grateful, along with how each act
of kindness made them feel and how connected they had felt to their partner.
Instead of recording anything they felt grateful for, however, Algoe had her participants list things their partner had done that made them feel grateful, along with how each act
of kindness made them feel.
Not exact matches
MADD Coffee launched with a mission
of making a difference daily through their philanthropic efforts and promoting
kindness.
Our company's purpose is to «Move the World,» and every person we hire is passionate about
making the world a better place, even if that occurs only through small acts
of kindness.
We are the some total
of our parts, and should strive daily to
make others lives better through acts
of kindness.
if not, i pray for you and i will set up missionaries all across the globe to
make sure that the rest
of the lost souls also find Santa Clause within them... let's first begin with donations; only from your heart and soul, and because
of your
kindness... no other agenda... Santa Clause loves you my dear... he has touched my heart so I know he exists... and I want you to believe in Santa Clause as well so you don't have to burn in hell... i want to save your soul my child... come pray with me...
1 Paul appealed to the evidence around him that God created all things 2 Paul spoke
of Gods
kindness in providing all their needs 3 This God is different than the statues and idols they worshiped in vain that are empty vs. the living God In Romans 1:19 Paul said: «God has
made it plain to them.
Well, golly, you
make belief really appealing, what with your
kindness and openness to the beliefs
of others.
They can
make policy to mimimize poverty to
make it easier for those in poverty to get out
of it but people must help through individual acts
of kindness.
I apologize for my Irish coming out but that was 6 years in the
making and there is nothing I loathe more than a fraud parading under the banner
of «all peace love and
kindness» while twisting the knife in someone's back... Doug's been very busy today private messaging people on this thread doing damage control....
Some think to
make you more lovable in my eyes by praising almost exclusively the charm and the
kindness of your human face as men saw it long ago on earth.
I must also
make special mention
of Dr. and Mrs. Clarence I. Benson
of Port Deposit, Maryland, for their
kindnesses when I gave these lectures in the Episcopal diocese
of Easton.
As she continues to read, we hear about Paul's incarceration and persecution, about how Jesus is «the image
of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,» about watching out for all those false teachings that circulated through the trade routes, about how we ought to stop judging each other over differences
of opinion regarding religious festivals and food (I blush a little at this point and resolved to
make peace with some rather opinionated friends before the next sacred meal), about how we should clothe ourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, and love, about how we must forgive one another, about how the things that once separated Jew from Greek and slave from free are broken down at the foot
of the cross, about how we should sing more hymns.
Am I then really all that which other men tell
of, or am I only what I know
of myself, restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage, struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat, yearning for colors, for flowers, for the voices
of birds, thirsting for words
of kindness, for neighborliness, trembling with anger at despotisms and petty humiliation, tossing in expectation
of great events, powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance, weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at
making, faint and ready to say farewell to it all.
Rather than
making kindness and compassion the foundation
of our faith, Christians have re-framed Christianity as intellectual ascent to a set
of propositional statements.
There are things that do not fall into that category: friendship, joy, sorrow, love, hatred,
kindness and much else
of what
makes us humans unique in this measurable universe.
The God
of mercy, forgiveness, patience,
kindness, and love also
makes an appearance, and He is the last one on the stage.
Purity that respects the sanctity
of womanhood; sincerity that
makes your «yea» enough without an oath and your word as good as your bond; magnanimity, like Lincoln's, with malice toward none, with charity for all;
kindness which unostentatiously helps one's fellows, the right hand not knowing what the left hand does — all that is livable.
«He told us that
kindness would never
make Christians
of the Indians.
I hear stories
of God's compassion and
kindness and it
makes me want to be kind to others.
Out
of kindness you might try to guess what I meant or decide I was
making a joke.
Well, the sort
of values which will
make you either hot or cold to Jesus... values such as
kindness, generosity, humility, patience, love, self - control, and other such Christlike attitudes.
The homeless people they meet and the response
of those people to a simple gift and a little love and
kindness given in the name
of Jesus
makes an impression unparalleled by any sermon or what - have - you that they have yet encountered in life.
So, though I believe that the primary note in Jesus, understanding
of the kingdom was the rule
of God with a moral and spiritual message
of the judgment, yet the loving
kindness of God and
of God's call to faithful obedience in all things, I do not believe that this prophetic note
makes it necessary to reject wholly the apocalyptic.
Even
kindness can
make a man fail to meet the real demands
of God in a given situation where something rigorous and unyielding is called for.
It should be
made clear that all students are to be treated with
kindness and agape love, empathy, but the principles
of the Bible are to be adhered to, taught and not deviated from, as Jesus taught we
of Christ are to be in, never
of the world.
Unlike God's work and teachings in this later era, where compassion and
kindness for one's fellow man are the whole
of the law (by word, but more importantly, in example after example, that when we think we know God's law and set forth to
make prey on our fellows using it as our succor, that indeed, no matter the crime, the answer is to treat each other with dignity, humility and love).
Have you ever once thought, «maybe religion isn't the best way to «save» the world, but maybe through acts
of kindness and acceptance that I could
make a difference»?
In my own experience in such parish schools,
made possible for me through the
kindness of clergy who have invited me to give them some little assistance in planning or conducting instructional sessions, I have
made a further discovery.
Just like men want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed, a lot
of women want a man who will treat her well (with
kindness, consideration, and respect), but who can also throw her against a wall and
make her feel like a woman * shrugs *.
«Using an official drawing
of the Queensferry Crossing as a template, the church was able to
make its own 9ft drawing
of what we call the Bridge
of Kindness.
And just as importantly,
make your own everyday life a shining example
of kindness and good humor.
I always read about the «goodness and
kindness»
of the very small percentage
of the atheists that
make up the populous.
We will be free from contending to be more
of something (faith - filled), free from contending to be better and therefore deserving
of reward — and we can practice loving -
kindness and
make Christ real in this day and time.
(Later, Huck can only
make sense
of Jim's
kindness to him and Tom Sawyer by concluding he must be «white on the inside,» a comment that reveals Twain's gift for creating characters that both critique yet fully inhabit their cultural contexts.)
Urging Christians to pray, the church's statement concluded: «Finally, we urge the Lord's people to
make this situation a matter
of earnest prayer, asking the Almighty that in His
kindness He will grant that no mosque will ever appear in Stornoway.
I am so grateful — for all these opportunities,
of course, but mostly for the
kindness of other people: the reader who shoved a $ 50 Starbucks card into my pocket at a signing; the flight attendant who gently patted my arm; Dad's idea to
make my favorite comfort food for dinner and Mom's faithful execution
of pork loin, rice, and fried apples; Marvin and Brandon at Belk; Dan's shoulder; a call from my sister; readers who pile into minvans and drive many miles just to talk, friends who understood why, with all this good publicity, I would just need a good, long cry.
This business
of Christians hiding their Christianity behind acts
of kindness is just a way to
make us feel like good people but it is not the obedience demanded
of us as children
of God.
Yet even before this de-apocalypticization
of the faith, the earliest Christians, though - they
made no attempt to change society, inevitably challenged it by their very example
of «love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self - control» (Gal.
I pray from the bottom
of my heart that the Father, who has
made you my Father and given you to me, will strengthen you according to his immeasurable
kindness... Let your heart be courageous... we have there, in the life beyond, a true and faithful helper at God's side, Jesus Christ... This cursed life is nothing but a real vale
of tears,... And there is no respite until someone finally battens us down with a shovel.
When we
make a mess in our lives, the restorative power
of God can turn the biggest disappointment into the most powerful display
of God's
kindness.
Thus, we do not have the ability to
make the call
of whether the homeless man on the street deserves
kindness or the marginalized deserve a voice.
But God, being rich in mercy, because
of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches
of his grace in
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
However, the fullness
of what we experience in the human race, «not only the occasional rare and truly selfless individuals that there are, but the thousand small, routine acts
of kindness that enable every society to run reasonably smoothly», simply can not, be based solely on the human genetic
make - up.
Both love for what the earth has offered us, love and
kindness towards animals by choosing not to harm them for food as well as love for myself in
making sure that I take care
of my mind and my body by choosing food to support and nourish me.
While the process certainly isn't quick, it definitely teaches me patience, consistence, perseverance and constant watching over the jam I'm
making, as with any other goal and project in life, which has to be treated with
kindness and plenty
of love, for it to bear fruits you are proud
of and can not help sharing with others.
Rather, I believe that we should all treat our bodies, hearts, and minds with love and
kindness and
make choices (e.g., what we eat, think, do, etc) that embody those feelings
of self - love.
Recent events have
made it more evident than ever that we should be celebrating National Random Acts
of Kindness Day — and not only on one day
of...
I should also
make it clear that I don't befriend all homeless people, just the ones I pass on a regular basis because I feel like it's my duty as a human to extend any act
of kindness I can — whether it's a big ass grin or a cup
of coffee or an hour long conversation on aforementioned bench in the dead
of winter — to the people who appear in my life more days than not.