Not exact matches
@God2: let me rephrase that... obviously we have no chance of changing the others way of thinking, whether he is really happy with that only he can know and as much as I wish he would look away
from it, I know there is very little chance... fighting with him is futile, so I do what I do best when a person like him becomes obvious... I kill them with
kindness and hopefully prove in some
small way that all Atheists are not bad.
In
Small Talk, Amy Julia draws
from the wisdom and curiosity of those young voices to reflect on beauty and
kindness, tragedy and disability, prayer and miracles.
Using fMRI scanners, they gave twenty - three subjects very short texts written by Holocaust survivors describing acts of
kindness they received
from strangers — some quite
small, like a loaf of stale bread, and others involving great sacrifice and risk, like a hiding place when Nazi troops were closing in.
A
small act of
kindness from the giving and receiving perspective can change the course of your day.
Dixon, particularly, must find forgiveness
from people he has hurt, and it comes to him through
small acts of
kindness,
from being shown a basic decency he has never shown anyone himself.
The unexpected
kindness never faded
from my mind and the gift, a
small silver propelling pencil, remained one of my prize possessions for many years.
If possible, bring a large bowl filled with water and a
small stone and reenact the teacher's exercise
from the story — each person drops a stone into the water while describing an act of
kindness he or she has carried out.
«We met people whose entire possessions could fit in a
small pile, who survived
from the pickings of a garbage dump, who had children ill
from malnutrition, worms and infections that could easily be treated here, and all welcomed us with warmth and
kindness.