by Sharani | May 10, 2010 | Drop In and Decorate, kindness
Traditionally Mother’s Day is a time for family to share together and includes Mother’s Day greeting cards, flowers and gifts, and a meal at Mom’s favorite restaurant. This year Mother’s Day took on a slightly different hue because of a little...
by Sharani | Dec 20, 2008 | Acts of Kindness Day, Bloggers Unite, generosity, kindness
Last year this time, I was in the midst of nine days of activities starting on the Acts of Kindness Day at Bloggers Unite on December 17th, 2007 and continuing until Christmas day. Bloggers Unite is a group within BlogCatalog that seeks to harness the tool of blogging...
by Sharani | Mar 17, 2008 | Acts of Kindness Day, blogcatalog, Bloggers Unite, generosity, kindness, Remote Area Medical, self-giving, Sri Chinmoy, Swami Vivekananda
The recent prominence of the new reality TV show called Oprah’s Big Give has brought my attention back in time to a blogging initiative from exactly three months ago today. BlogCatalog’s group called Bloggers Unite sponsored an Acts of Kindness Day last...
by Sharani | Feb 23, 2008 | gratitude, happiness, kindness, meditation, Naikan
The Importance of Gratitude “My own gratitude heart is all that matters.†-Sri Chinmoy Down through the ages, great thinkers in religion and philosophy recommend cultivating gratitude as a key to happiness and satisfaction. A task as simple as keeping a daily...
by Sharani | Dec 23, 2007 | Acts of Kindness Day, blogcatalog, Bloggers Unite, consolation, death, kindness, sorrow
When I first wrote a post taking part in the Bloggers Unite Acts of Kindness Day on December 17th, 2oo7, I did not know yet what unexpected stopping points this girl on a road would encounter. I am taking a moment to write again now that my goal fast approaches of...
by Sharani | Dec 18, 2007 | Acts of Kindness Day, Gratefulness.org, gratitude, kindness, Light a Candle, self-giving
I first learned about Light a Candle and the wonderful site Gratefulness.org when I read an article by Sascha Zuger called “How to make someone’s day… for $20 or less (or even nothing)” in the October 2, 2007 issue of Woman’s Day...