Stories by debmeron (3 matches)

Your Family is My Family

The temple where I work at is involved in assisting a Syrian refugee family.  We have kind of adopted them.

Last Saturday I went with some others to their home and spent four hours visiting and connecting. I convinced my husband who is in the wholesale furniture business to get a couple of dealers of his to make a donation for the family. He was able to get  two things they really needed, one from each of two dealers--a bunk bed and mattresses.

We brought it over and put the bed together (which was a lot of work) and I felt so so so good that I'm still kind of high.  What Mitzvah! (Means commandment in the Jewish tradition but is often used to mean good deed). They were so appreciative and it was a joy for us! I surely received as much if not more than we gave. I look forward to connecting with them and helping where I can in the future. 

Growing In Kindness And It Feels So Good

I would like to share a story that I just told a KS friend about in a comment... since only she saw it I thought others might enjoy and learn from it... There is someone on KinSpring whose posts sort of annoyed me. I asked my friend about them and she replied with kindness (as she always does). This made me rethink my own reaction. I was able to something positive in this person's posts and sent this person Karmabucks with thanks for that positive thing I noticed. This felt so good as it was a stretch for me. Ordinarily I would have just continued to be annoyed every time I saw a post or at the most just ignored them. This was a way for me to show to myself that I could find something good in everyone and show kindness to everyone. It is easy to show kindness to those ... Read Full Story >>

A Gratitude Practice Steeped in Faith

I am working on a daily learning in the Jewish tradition with a different Torah concept each day that includes a practice. Today's practice is Not Claiming Credit for One's Self.  Because everything we do is based on a gift we received from someone or from GOD. And  thus I feel like who are we to take all the credit. Therefore the practice is to think of something you have accomplished and who helped to make this possible AND thank that person for his or her gift to you.

This is the reason for my post today. I want to thank you all ( at Kindspring ) for the gift of inspiring me and teaching me about kindness in so many ways I never thought of before. My growing kindness is because of your kindness and I am grateful.
 

Rock n Stroll

Working To Repair A Friendship

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