Category: Kindness posts
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What is the future of humanity when we have become so hate filled and vengeful, we slay the very angels God has sent to save us? Sometimes being kind comes at great cost. Answer this, if you knew it would cause you harm, would you still help someone else in need?I am praying today for…
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The Airport Queue
StreetLights from July 5th, 2018 10:48 pm I pulled into the terminal A parking lot, the designated staging/waiting area for Uber and Lyft drivers. Both apps running. The queues for Uber and Lyft were 253 cars and 151 cars respectively. But it was Thursday night, the heaviest night of the week for business travelers coming…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Phoenix
From his Daily Meditation, April 4, 2021, Easter Sunday… Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which allows faithful Christians to trust that, indeed, all will be well. I like to think of the resurrection as God’s way of telling us that God can take the worst thing in the world—the killing of the…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Oscar
StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Rerun from 2019. The Uber Machine is still garaged due to Covid19. #Peopleprofiles Oscar When Oscar was 11 years old, he suffered a traumatic accident. Oscar was leaning on a shotgun when it suddenly went off, destroying his left arm below the elbow. He lost his left hand and part…
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StreetLights: Sunday Night Edition
Good evening, Kindness Warriors. I hope you all had a good weekend. As I have been taking inventory of my life these last few days, I am reminded of finding the right perspective and appreciating so much when I once thought I had so little. It occurs to me that, while I use many tools…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: A Tale Of Two Felons
A Tale of Two Felons Tom A few years ago, my next-door neighbor, Mark, decided to buy another house and rent the one by us. After a few months of living next to an empty house, Mark finally found a renter, Tom. From day one, Tom was a great neighbor and we became friends. We…
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#TBT Blowin’ In The Wind
#TBT Blowin’ In The Wind has been one of the best known protest songs which asks the questions of a society struggling to understand and better itself. It was released in 1962. 58 years later and we are still struggling to find our way and answer those questions, when the answers are still, blowin’ in…
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#TBT
#TBT The Rose I want tell you that I love you. I want to tell you, you matter. You have value and purpose. I know you are sad. I know you are lonely. I see you. I know where you are. I have been there many times myself. I even carved my initials on the…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Holly From Green Mountain
Next Saturday, August 22 will be one year to the day since I met a woman who changed my outlook on life. Her name was Holly, from Colorado. Her name came up earlier today in a conversation with my mother-in-law about some of the most interesting stories from my experiences driving Uber/Lyft. Driving over the…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: The Color Of Kindness
StreetLights On A Saturday Night: The Color Of Kindness Kindness comes in all colors. Shouldn’t freedom, equality, and opportunity come in all colors too? It has been some time, March 17th actually, since I have given any Uber/Lyft rides. I miss meeting people in those rides and hearing their unique life journeys. That experience always…
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