–posted by ironlady48 A friend’s son was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. Some of the parents at the school where he was enrolled formed a support team headed by the wife of one of the physicians on the case. E-mails were sent out asking for people to volunteer to bring meals to the hospital for [...]

–posted by PiTeacher The other day I was in the grocery store. I was hurrying to get a few things I needed in between soccer games. In the line behind me was the sweetest lady who was quietly searching through her wallet to find the money she needed to purchase the seven or eight items [...]

–posted by adds My mother in law was telling me about her neighbour. Doris is 79 years old and lives by herself since her husband passed away last year. Her husband used to be very proud of his garden and always kept it looking pristine. Unfortunately Doris isn’t well enough to be able to look after [...]

–posted by dailybread Last Saturday when I was in the car with my children, I realized that I hadn’t made time to do out usual recycling, and our water bottles had been piling up (in our car actually!). We were going to be driving past the recycling station at the corner grocery store and as we approached [...]

–posted by arathi o Out of all the afterschool programs offered in their school, three energetic 11-13 year old girls chose to join this one.  The “Random Acts of Kindness Class”, the first of its kind, was an innovative experiment, offering children the opportunity to use their creativity and artwork to inspire their school and community [...]

My father and I started our morning by darting into the local grocery store. I waited on line at the Starbucks counter while he shopped around to pick up a few things. As I was standing there I became aware of an elderly woman, hair disheveled, wearing layers upon layers of old torn clothing, hunched [...]

Lately it has seemed like every time we got a little ahead something would come along and we would have to start all over. Today I had to pick my son up early from school and decided to go to a local store. While I was looking around I noticed there was an envelope on [...]

–posted by marc This happened about four or five years ago. I had been involved in “Non Violent Communication” for a couple of years. I was struggling as I still do with finding a natural and seamless way of connecting with people through compassion and empathy in everyday encounters; trying not to assume I know [...]

–posted by moral12 Years ago, after a rough divorce, we were invited to live with my aunt who lived in a rural area. We packed up our stuff and moved across the country to settle into our new “home”. Once there I was worried about the lack of extended family and thought I would miss the [...]

–posted by rachel lapierre It was a beautiful morning and I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather and go out for a walk.  I was feeling grateful for the fresh air, sun shining, and birds chirping and all of a sudden came across this sign on the sidewalk!  It said “good morning, go [...]