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Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Thought Bubble Kindness

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what constitutes a life worthy of being remembering how do you want to be remembered as a whopping question is Grandin as they come  get to thinking about the big existential it's all too easy to just slide from one day to the next on autopilot things steered by our daily to-do list  at the end of light at the end of your life when everything else Falls away what Essence emerges what if you fill the world with remembering you which words will others choose  what are don't you all the possible adjectives I think that if the word kind of pears in the mix chances are very good that you have let a life worthy of being remembered kindness acts as a revealing marker that way here's something I observed many years ago while running around at the shop and older woman was struggling to refold a large blanket another customer quietly moved grabbed an end together they quickly and efficiently folded the blanket the old woman thank the young man and then I went back to their browsing this act was not major Relic but it was Major kind the society is actually fueled and propelled by Tinus there's a sort of Economics to it there's a phenomenal book The Dells into this very topic it's called born to be good and it's centers around Gen Science gendang a Chinese term not a girl's name a quote from the book Jen was the central idea in the teachings of Confucius and refers to a complex mixture of kindness humanity and respect that transpires between modern gents science shows a positive and negative interactions can actually be charted creating what they call a Jen a high Jen ratio meaning more positive human interactions that negative is Central to a meaningful life to Goodwill in a school and even to a thriving Society if there's one thing you remember from our minutes here remember this book born to be good right yellow cover so lucky for us kindness isn't easy and natural thing I'll requires is an awareness of those around you being in tune to your fellow human maybe even though the thought of it turning our gadgets off for a second I share this last anecdote for one of my favorite magazines the Sun a gentleman went to the doctor with various elements the doctor ask questions and listen closely to what the man had to say after a thorough termination doctor something down on the prescription pad and hand it to the patient here's what he prescribed  by CNN surround at the Cure I'd add more kindness remind ask how do we want to play as a people want to be remembered what is our purpose parween play into the word are mankind  Oh and about that blanket folding man of the thrift shop after witnessing that moment you know what I did who married him YouTube

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