This week I experienced the second longest power outage of my life and I learned a few things. One of the primary lessons was GRATITUDE – for how easy my life usually is, for INCREDIBLE neighbors, for ComEd. What did you learn?
Posts Tagged ‘generosity’
No power – lessons learned
Posted in Community, tagged community, generosity, sustainability on July 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sharing
Posted in Community, tagged community, generosity on July 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In this season of prolific gardens, sharing food that we grow is a natural. But I’ve observed that sharing seems hard-wired into us as humans (have you hung out with toddlers who SO enthusiastically want to share what they are eating with you? Yeah….). It feels good to share. What have you been sharing lately?
Helping Japan – what we can do
Posted in Community, tagged activism, generosity on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I asked my adult nephew Jonah Keegan and his wife Nayumi Mitsuka Keegan to be guest bloggers today with suggestions on how we ALL can help Japan in their time of great need. Asking for prayers for Nayumi’s family in the Sendai region as we pray for all the people of Japan.
“The Soul of Money” by Lynne Twist
Posted in Books and Ideas, tagged books, generosity, money on February 24, 2011 | 6 Comments »
So tell me – is “money a conduit, a way to express your highest ideals”, a “currency of love a committment, expressing the best of who you are” or is it “a currency of consumption driven by emptiness and lack and the allure of external messages” in your life? What do you want it to be?
Charity, micro-lending and social business
Posted in Books and Ideas, tagged generosity, ideas on January 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
3 ways to share the wealth: Charity, micro-lending and social business. We’ll explore the first two in this post. And hey – “may it come back to ye ten times over!”
Best way to spend 46 cents
Posted in Spirituality, tagged fun, generosity on June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Took a walk to the home of my friends Lisa & Jon to drop off the rest of those greens I just wrote about (because kind and generous Bill has way more he can bring – share the wealth). Between my house and their house is the grade school their kids go to. Checked pockets [...]
