by Ward Cox | May 3, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
We’d better realize that selfish doesn’t cut it any more. I’m talking about the folks that feel they can openly defy stay-at-home orders that SAVE LIVES AND LIMIT MISERY. This is “I got mine” turning into “I haven’t caught it.” Except that other people could get sick...
by Ward Cox | May 1, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Shower kindness where you can You know how rain makes flowers bloom in a drought. Well, your caring actions bring joy even as our drought continues. Thanks for nourishing the ones you love and everyone else when you have the chance. It works even when you’re wearing a...
by Ward Cox | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, Uncategorized
It’s really about how we respond when something does. Your response may not make the history books, but it influences our future more than you think. The more kindness we show, the better we can cope with what’s happening, and the better we’ll be once it’s past. Thanks...
by Ward Cox | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Terry Pratchett said that (thanks, Goodreads). I’m worried that some may be doing that with their impatience. We are in no shape to reopen right now. We must resist the urge to view people as abstractions (i.e. consumers) instead of flesh and blood. I know it’s a tough...
by Ward Cox | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practice, and this will forever be my rule. John James Audubon That isn’t only about the evil in a virus. Too many of us have been infected by evil either as a carrier, or by one. Let’s use this opportunity...
by Ward Cox | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Mental health is the fountain of youth In fact, the CDC says the news is only good in small doses. Other CDC mental health advice includes: Taking care of your body. Take deep breaths, stretch or meditate. Try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals; exercise regularly;...
by Ward Cox | Apr 27, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
A relevant line from Jackson Browne’s fantastic “Before the Deluge.” The song’s kinda chilling under the circumstances, but on target about the need to stay as positive as we can. A perfect lead-in to our latest Hope and Renewal video. Please share it so other spirits...
by Ward Cox | Apr 26, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Here’s a positive alternative worth looking at That’s the weird part of the past few weeks. We’ve been COVID-focused for over a month now. It doesn’t seem that long even though our seclusion can make the hours and days drag on. Finding ways to avoid the info overload...
by Ward Cox | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog, Kindness of the Heart
We all could use a break about now. Spending time with people who care is only a phone call away. Describing what makes them kind is only a smartphone video away. Send it to email us , and it could earn a Family Flame Award at November’s National FAM Awards. Meanwhile,...
by Ward Cox | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Our humanity towers over any challenge We bounce back quicker when we work as one. Now is no time to second guess what has happened so far. Everyone is confronting the unheard of for the first time. Let’s focus on our next step, the one after that, and so on. Let’s...