Kindness is often looked at as showing weakness —especially towards those who view themselves as your enemy. They are often the ones we feel least …
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Kindness Saves a Life
James Stecker, Ton te Sligte, and two other members of the Amsterdamsche Club voor Zweefvliegen (Amsterdam Club for Glider Flying) excitedly pulled into the parking …
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It was a normal protest night in Portland, Oregon. Police, armed and protected, stood shoulder to shoulder on one side of the street. Protesters waving …
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Not long ago I found myself waiting, yet again, to board a flight. But this wait was a little bit different than others: I had …
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When I first moved to California, I felt like a fish out of water. I had moved from New York City to begin graduate school …
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The date was March 30, 2020. Our state governor had just issued a stay-at-home order. No more than 10 people were allowed to gather at …
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Born in 1946, I am a baby boomer. I was raised in an era where following the Golden Rule was the customary way to behave. …
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I’m temporarily living in a duplex we own in the small tourist town of Marietta, Ohio. After living 20 years in an old farmhouse surrounded …
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It was January of 2014 and I was living blocks away from Brooklyn College in South Brooklyn, just off of the Q train en route …
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This is an animated adaptation of a commencement speech given by George Saunders at Syracuse University, May 2013. Production Cast & Credits: Produced By: Above …
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