good news MONDAY! kindness rocks

I love random (planned) kindness. Wish I would have known this was happening in Dallas!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/kindness-captured-volunte_n_1699656.html

FORGIVENESS... and other ((impossible)) things

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One of the things that stands out to me most in Buddhism is their dedication to compassion and forgiveness. I recently watched a documentary called "10 Questions for the Dalai Lama"(it's on Netflix. You should watch it).

As I watched it, I was struck by the Dalai Lama's level of love and tolerance and forgiveness for those who had harmed him.

Inspiration on a Tuesday - Redeemed.

Redeemed. I looked up the meaning, and redeemed means “to restore the honor, worth, or reputation of.”
Also, it means “to recover ownership of by paying a specified sum.” Not, to own by paying a specific sum, to RE-own by paying a specified sum. It’s reclaiming something that is already yours by paying for it again.

The word “redeemed” has been bogarted by Christianity in some sense, but haven’t we all been redeemed?

Good news Monday! (kleenex alert)

I'm pretty sure there's nothing more special than the love between siblings. Today, I'm thankful for my brothers, and I'm thankful for these two guys below who love each other unconditionally!!

"When I see him smiling and laughing, that means he's having a good time" 
-Connor Long, 9 years old.

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Faith Inspires

"It all goes back to Jesus. 

He spent time with folks who were marginalized."

-Rev. Sue Ringler

From the Huffington Post:

This week’s Faith Inspires highlights the work of Guardian Angels Catholic Community, an LGBT-friendly independent Catholic Church focused on social justice located in Tempe, AZ. An eight-year-old parish, Guardian Angels Catholic Community is part of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. The ECC was formed in 2003 in Orange, CA and traces its history to the “Old Catholics,” a group of Catholics who came together in 1870 in opposition to the Pope’s declaration of infallibility. Today the ECC, which is independent of papal jurisdiction, has parishes all over the world.

A little good news on a Monday!

I love good news, and I love reading about people who are making good things happen. This article made me happy today, and I declare Mondays from here on out as "Good News Mondays". So let it be said, so let it be done. Amen! :)

 Good news Monday story of the day:

9 Nanas 

Somewhere in West Tennessee, not far from Graceland, nine women -- or "The 9 Nanas," as they prefer to be called -- gather in the darkness of night. At 4am they begin their daily routine --