Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Water Conservation

There has been a water crisis in our city due to climate change, failure of monsoons, unplanned growth in the city, lack of water conservation awareness, rain water harvesting. I helped form a water conservation committee in our community, together drafted a set of water conservation guidelines and shared it across all the residents in our community. To raise the awareness that water should be treated as a currency, I helped install water meters for all the houses in our community and shared the readings for the past couple of months.

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🧢❀️🧢 Crocheting

❀️🧢. Finished crocheting the baby blanket for my Dentist’s daughter who is expecting her first baby & will give it to her next week at my appointment to give to her daughter.

❀️🧢 I also have two “hugs” (prayer shawls) I crocheted to gift to some family members who are coming to visit us today. Haven’t seen them in a few years & am excited to be with them later today.

Love & Light in every stitch πŸ₯°

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April Is National Card And Letter Writing

April is National Card & Letter Writing Month. Getting a letter or a card with a personal message in the mail has always been very special to me. While texts, emails and social media are a good way to stay in touch there is just something extra special about a card or letter that you can hold in hour hand and save to cherish the memory. During the month of April I am challenging myself to write 30 letters. Some will be written to friends and relatives, others will be written to veterans going on Honor Flights and some will be written to children in the hospital.

 

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Books Donation

It was time to clean up our book shelves and my wife is very regular in giving items away. Today, we donated about 30 books of old classics and autobiographies to a book store who gladly accepted it. I am sure it will delight some one else looking to get a copy of these books.

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πŸ•ŠοΈ Waiting Room Peace Summit πŸ•ŠοΈ

That’s Gretchen in the photo. She was waiting for her car to be serviced too. We had never met before and not sure we will again, but wow, what an encounter! It was one of those brief, open, heart-to-heart, synchronistic connections that bloomed with the radiance of divine love. When I asked what she was reading she said, “The Anatomy of Peace,” a book her sister had sent in response to a few months of silence from her sister. Gretchen was puzzled. Why this book? What message was her sister trying to convey? “Forgiveness. That’s the biggest thing,” Gretchen said. I agreed. “Families. They are our most challenging lessons.” That opened a share about my brother, who had disowned our family over 20 years ago. An origami peace dove fairly flew out of my purse into her hand, and then another to share with her estranged sister. I’ve signed out “The Anatomy of Peace” from the online Libby ... Read Full Story >>

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Be Enchanted 😊

I ordered this book on the recommendation of gardengal and it was delivered this afternoon.

I thought it would be a good book to put into the Happy Bag I posted about earlier, for our neighbor-friend’s Mom. I can order another one for myself. I think this would be a good book for her to read as she undergoes her lung cancer treatments.

πŸ“• One review: “This book has nuggets of gold, great wisdom that will serve in the practice of waking up to the sacred in all.”

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Kindness To Mother Earth

Kindness to Mother Earth

We all know to Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. The hot pouches I use to laminate Quote cards comes in a box. I have used many of them to store different color card stocks that I use making greeting cards.

The inside of a hot pouch boxes is light brown color. I am using it to mail books.

Today I mailed inspiring and positive stories books to my another divine sister who is resting after surgery. These books will definitely help her keep positive attitude.

I am grateful to Sri Sathya Sai Baba for all the opportunities sending my way and His help and guidance.to manifest them.



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Rural Sports Festival !

Rural Sports Festival !

With an aim to give fillip to sports in the rural areas, we organized a full day mega sports event ‘ Grameen Khel Mahotsav’ in a remote area of our city with the support of local schools.

Rural Sports Festival is a unique step to revive the traditional rural sports in this remote area. During the day-long event, popular sports like Racing, Kabaddi, Long Jump, Hurdles, Kho-Kho, and local rural sports like Rassa -Kassi, Gitti Fod, Competition were conducted.

Eminent personalities including both civil and military dignitaries graced this occasion. The event was organized to emphasize the importance of sports in the overall development of youth.
So many boys and girls from different areas participated in the event. It was a wonderful time to watch them playing and celebrating. 

Thanks..

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Burger to share

Day 2:
I saw one of the fellows I sometimes help near my work. He was at a bus stop near McDonald's. I asked if he was hungry. He told me he would love a McDouble, no drink because he already had one. So, I got him the burger and he thanked me.

#AprilRAOK

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Music Teachers Inspires Future Teachers

I have had the pleasure of observing a music teacher throughout the course of this school year, and she is remarkable. Between her instruction and student engagement, this teacher is amazing. One day, when I was visiting class, I asked a student if he enjoyed the program. He stated that he loved it so much that he had decided to pursue a career as a band teacher. This warmed my heart, and validated all the amazing instruction I had witnessed. I will follow up with the teacher today to share this story and commend her on her instruction and influence. We are lucky to have such positive and influential educators.

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Blankets And Warm Clothes For The Homeless

Years ago, a local man (vancouver BC (canada) named Gregory Ould encountered a homeless man, and approached asked him if there was something he could do to help him.

Greg was expecting the man may want something like cigarettes, but the man in need said he could use a blanket to make it through the night on the cold streets.

Greg went and got a blanket for him, and since then, Greg and his young son started an organization called Blanket BC, which collects blankets and warm clothes to be distributed to shelters that help the homeless.

An annual Drive on the Line event was held this past Friday and Saturday, with “Blanketeers” collecting the donations at select Canada Line stations (our local version of a subway) .

I have been a Blanketeer in years past, and dropped off 2 warm jackets on Friday.

Info: www.blanketbc.org
 

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There's A Tradition Of Rubber Ducky

There's a tradition where Jeep owners leave a rubber ducky on each other's door handles to then display on their dashboard. I don't have a Jeep, but I have a lot of rubber duckies -- my graduating class in grad school got in trouble for leaving ducks all over our campus lol

I have a neighbor with a Jeep that is now all decked out in decorations for the holidays, so I left them a festive duck to add to their collection :)

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❀️ Each Of Us

🌈 "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. "
Edward Everett Hale

πŸ’ͺ “We do what we can, as we are able
Each of us has something to put on the kindness table πŸ’—
🧢 Some bake, some make quote cards, some crochet
Some make peace doves to give away πŸ•Š
πŸ‘ŒπŸ»So many ways to share
With love, letting someone know we care” ❀️
~ The Mishinator πŸ₯°

πŸ€— ((WEdnesday GROUP HUGS/BLESSINGS) πŸ€—


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Sweet Happenings In The Morning

🏑 Things that felt good today on our block…. πŸ’« I heard the sanitation truck outside our door this morning (Monday is one of our two collection days)…..I went out & saw the fellow a few doors down & called out to him with a thank you & happy holidays…he looked up, smiled, waved and wished me the same. He always handles the trash cans with care & takes the time to go the extra steps to return the cans off the walking path. Some guys toss the cans down haphazardly on the path where people walk…this guy never does that. He’s on our Christmas gratuity list πŸ‘ŒπŸ» πŸ’« I was out on our front porch when the mailman was making his rounds on our block…I could hear his laughter as he was getting closer to our house(he was on his cell phone)..his laughter was infectious & was nice to hear. When ... Read Full Story >>

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Nature Friends - deep-casting

I go for my morning walk daily and I always carry grains to feed my nature friends . I have made friends with two squirrel and two pigeon and lots of ants. When ever I sit for meditation I spread those grains in front of me and they immediately come and start eating . its just amazing to see them come and trust you .

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Blankets For Babies..

πŸ‘ΆπŸ» 🧢 πŸ‘ΆπŸ» Finished crocheting both baby blankets today for the twins due Christmas Eve. Will wrap them up & give them to the proud papa-to-be when we go to his family’s restaurant later this week.

Tis the season to have babies it seems….off to crochet yet another for friends’ son & daughter-in-law who are also expecting their first πŸ‘ΆπŸ»

That makes 5 babies who I have been happily crocheting for this past month πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

The gift is in the giving….my joy ❀️

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The Cycle Of Life

🌊 Cycles of Life…. “Neither birth nor deah, is the beginning or end; it’s the cycle of life.” ~ ― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Krishna Crux ο»ΏAfter a close friend’s brother unexpectedly passed away recently, & seeing what our friend & her husband went through running around making burial arrangements, while in such state of emotional upheaval, it led us to pre-plan our own cremations. Yesterday we finalized our cremation plans at our local family owned & operated funeral parlor…it was easy peasey & the owner’s daughter was lovely, knowledgeable & we had a good rapport & shared some laughs too….who knew planning your own cremation could be fun!! Shared a few peace doves with the staffers we met & they loved them πŸ•Š We went from there straight to our favorite nearby restaurant to celebrate…leaving thoughts of death behind & bringing the baby blankets I crocheted for the owner’s son & dil upcoming ... Read Full Story >>

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Received A Lovely Package

Received a lovely package full of peace doves from Mindy! :D

They're beautiful and I'm beyond excited to share them with any and all, especially my new Ukrainian friend Igor. The sunflower print doves are my favorite.

I'm honored to be a part of Mindy's hundreds of thousands of peace doves, each one delicately crafted with love :)

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Sai Baba's Birthday And Thanksgiving

Sai Baba's Birthday and Thanksgiving Celebrations November 23 is Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Birthday. This year it also was Thanksgiving Day. The day started with a heartfelt prayer, “May everyone, in the whole world, be happy.” Sent inspiring message to a friend. I got reply: Lovely message. Need to daily remember this and try and live accordingly. I used to offer Date-nut sweets to Sai Devotees at Flushing, New York Sai Center on Sai Baba's Birthday. So, I visited author - friend Ramesh Tanna. Gave, date-nut sweets, a bag of spicy home-made snacks, fruits and books as if offering to Sai Baba. Gave personalized bookmarks for his helpers. Donated for a sewing machine. Made some donations during the day as offering to Sai Baba. At the bank, gave handkerchiefs made by Umang-Utthan. Gave milk and Biscuits to kids. Ramesh Tanna fixed an appointment for me to visit Academy of Yoga and Balance Therapy. I am grateful to him. I celebrated Thanksgiving ... Read Full Story >>

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Today, I Worked On Self Care

Today, I worked on caring for myself. I bought some yarn in October to make a short sleeve jumper. The pattern implied I would need more yarn than I actually needed. I've made a scarf to give to Richard for Christmas and today I finished this one. The great thing is there are still about four balls of yarn left so I will use them to make something either as a Christmas present or a donation towards a fund-raiser.

The picture shows one end of the scarf (both ends are matching).

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