by Ward Cox | Jul 7, 2020 | Blog, Kindness Counts, Kindness of the Heart
Isn’t it enough that adults and seniors are? With a new school year coming no matter what, how can we 1) ensure social distancing when many schools were overcrowded before COVID, 2) adequately protect essential teachers, staff, and administrators, 3) actually...
by Ward Cox | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
That’s how we’re being played. The water heats up and we’re not supposed to notice. Remember when 1,300 COVID cases/day were grounds for the stay at home orders in Florida? Now, more than 6,000 cases/day are being cast as a positive development...
by Ward Cox | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Time for another healthy dose of Hope and Renewal. We don’t have a magic wand to use on the folks that are trying to kill it, but this video should remind you why they can’t. Pay it forward and pass it...
by Ward Cox | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
We should celebrate INTERDEPENDENCE Day all the time. Let’s uphold our responsibility to each other. Freedom doesn’t include the right to ignore it. That’s anything but kind. Pay it forward and pass it on.
by Ward Cox | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Winston Churchill said that as England was weathering the Nazi blitz. This rings especially true now that we’re in our own struggle. It also means that we shouldn’t give in to our impatience for normal times. Or being inconsiderate of others and...
by Ward Cox | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog, Kindness of the Heart, Kindness of the Heart
It’s pretty easy, after all. Just describe a kind person you know, a kind action you saw, or a kind service to others in a smartphone video. Send it to [email protected]. How hard is that? Your video could earn a Family Flame Award. It’ll...
by Ward Cox | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
…to pause in pointing out the obvious as COVID continues to climb. There’s another, even more obvious point to make. Keep sight of the good things that happen every day, and the good times that will eventually return. What will happen between now and...
by Ward Cox | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
This may sound like a broken record, but it’s way better than the records we’re breaking now. The wrong answer is already costing us dearly and the bill hasn’t even come yet. How much is selfish indifference worth? Do we really want to find out? ...
by Ward Cox | Jun 28, 2020 | Blog, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Even as we endure, your kindness can renew anyone it touches. Our renewal of hope is forged one caring act at a time. Hope you like the video. Pay it forward and pass it...
by Ward Cox | Jun 28, 2020 | Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Of course, the way we’re (not) handling the pandemic is enough to make any thinking person a little off-center. Since the news has become the same stuff, different day…let’s not fixate on every depressing nugget. TV in general seems unhealthy right...