Caring Beats Conflict (page 10)
by Ward Cox | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
No matter how we vote, most people are a little uneasy about this election. It’s time to show what most of us also share in common: the willingness to care about others. Let’s dial down the hostility and anger sparked by the campaign and conflict. Tomorrow will be a...
by Ward Cox | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
We APPRECIATE the Family Flame Award nominations that you’ve sent from across North America. The people and actions they praise will be the centerpiece of the Fifth Annual National FAM Awards on November 20. However, the power of your videos goes far beyond that point....
by Ward Cox | Nov 1, 2020 | Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
Well, every deadline finally arrives. Your smartphone video description of kindness in action can win a national Family Flame Award on November 20, but it needs to be sent to email us by Midnight Pacific Time. Kindness grows as you live it. Pay it forward and pass it...
by Ward Cox | Oct 31, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
This Halloween seems too symbolic. It’s good that kindness beats the creepy stuff hands down. We need an extra jolt, so thanks for describing someone that deserves a Family Flame Award at the Fifth Annual National FAM Awards on November 20. Send your smartphone video...
by Ward Cox | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
Please dig deep for a jewel of kindness to share, or an action that creates a luster all its own. When you see someone else doing that, tell us about them in a smartphone video and send it to email us by November 1. A Family Flame Award could be theirs at the National...
by Ward Cox | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
Everybody is at least a little heroic when their actions make spirits brighter during dark times. Tell us about someone who’s really good at that in a smartphone video and e-mail it to email us by November 1. They could earn a Family Flame Award & more at next month’s...
by Ward Cox | Oct 28, 2020 | Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
Heroes come in many forms, but their Kindness of the Heart always shines through. Your smartphone video description of someone who shines can earn a national Family Flame Award just like movies can win an Oscar. Please send it to email us BY SUNDAY NIGHT. Help us show...
by Ward Cox | Oct 27, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
The truth of what we’re going through is a deep, dark well, but kindness can be the rope that pulls us through. One form of kindness is donating what you can if you can spare it (food banks are a personal favorite). Even though For The Family is a nonprofit that can...
by Ward Cox | Oct 27, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart
Your caring spirit shines through the storm Your kindness showers us with joy. You know how rain makes flowers bloom in a drought. Well, your caring actions create smiles even as our drought continues. It’s important to nourish the people around you whenever there’s a...
by Ward Cox | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog, Caring Beats Conflict, Hope and Renewal, Kindness of the Heart, National FAM Awards
Kindness is unstoppable, and so are you. Describe someone whose kindness is off the charts in a smartphone video and send it to email us by November 1. It’s that easy to join our ongoing celebration of the positive. Pay it forward and pass it on.