Tag: Kindness
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All My Empty Spaces Part 2: Hope
Have you noticed lately that noone is ever wrong anymore? People just never make mistakes and their opinion is always the correct one. I know this phenomenon has been around for a long time. Ego, narcissism, misplaced anger. We have all become so fucking smart that we can never be wrong about anything, especially when…
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All My Empty Spaces Part 1: Faith
I have a messy mind and my writing is a process of cleaning up the mess.-Judy Blume I know I have used that quote before but I love it. And, it truly describes my own mind and process. Actually thinking of putting it in everything I write. When I was twelve or possibly thirteen, I…
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#TBT All My Empty Spaces
Ok im back. So lets see now, where were we? I have been quiet and away from this space for awhile. I thought that I needed to be in a different mindset to post anything. Maybe a bit less confused, sad, and angry. Maybe a bit more “use my inside voice,” he said in a…
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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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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Finding Joy
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, being normal is my greatest lust. Reality bites but you know what you get. It is the dream and hope where I place my bet. Finding joy is a diificult task when you don’t know where to look.But the truth and solution to this enigma, is realizing that you…
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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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