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Let your smiling spirit shine

It can sure be tough these days, but there’s no better way to cope as the road twists and turns. The more we hold on to the kindness within our soul, the better we can avoid losing it. That would be the worst casualty of all. Pay it forward and pass it on. Hold on...

Connecting in disconnected times

This may (hopefully) be just me, but it seems that COVID is taking a toll on the interaction that normally comes with being human. So many ripple effects to contend with, but that’s a big one to absorb. Please go the extra mile to sustain our connections even though...

Thanks for sharing

Your kindness with others, and your smartphone video of kindness with email us . While you’re at it, thanks for sharing this message with your social media network. It means a lot. Pay it forward and pass it on.

What more do we need to hear?

No group of people are more protected than pro athletes. More monitored for their health. More cared for by their employer. If anybody would be slow to catch COVID, it would be them. So what are we to think when half of the Miami Marlins test positive less than a week...

Forced normality still isn’t

So we have a warped version of pro sports, restaurants that are anything but restful, and a premature opening of schools that will place children & teachers in harm’s way. Sad to say, there are many more examples than that. Can our heads be any further in the sand?...

The resting place of the mind

…is in the heart. That comes from Elizabeth Gilbert. Our minds sure could use some rest from the constant onslaught of forgettable details. There is no better sanctuary than the good that rests in your heart. It makes Kindness of the Heart possible and ignites caring...

Creating smiles with your kindness

Your smartphone video will do exactly that when you send it to email us . The caring person you nominate or action you describe could earn a Family Flame Award at the Fifth Annual National FAM Awards in November. Our video has all the details. Pay it forward and pass...

A lesson worth learning

It’s pretty obvious, too. All of humanity is suffering through the pandemic. The toll is rising among people of every culture, economic status, and lifestyle. There’s no clearer way to see that what we share is much greater than what divides us. Right now, we can share...