love

Taking out the trash

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Kindness is an unfolding, spacious opening, not a destination we strive for. The deeper we go with ourselves the more we can access this place of deep connection with others, creating a compassionate foundation from which kindness can flow in all directions.

These acts of kindness don’t need to be grand gestures. Simple, micro moments – an acknowledgement, a smile, looking in someone’s eyes during a conversation, really, truly listening…acts of kindness are the language of love. The Dalai Lama says, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

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Leading with Love

By Laura Creedon

Back to school this September was ripe with excitement. In Toronto, students hadn’t set foot in public schools for at least 6 months, for many it had been 18 months. Emotions were running high for everyone: kids, parents and teachers alike. My personal goal this year was to reconnect to that loving approach, and make my class community a safe haven of inspired learning once again. Then the gears of a mass public education system began to squeeze and grind…

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Devotion

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We can start pretending, in a vaguely schizoid way, that existence / nature / whatever responds to our overtures, indeed, that the whole container is a 360-degree dance partner keeping time with your every move.

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