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In Defense of Kindness

Author : Bruce Reyes-Chow
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 0827216777
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Kindness written by Bruce Reyes-Chow and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When did kindness become a sign of weakness? What if kindness actually has the power to change the world? Culture is at a crossroads when it comes to kindness. These days we either view kindness as an inert act based on the absence of being a jerk, or we see acts of kindness as heroic and herculean, beyond the reach and capability of mere mortals. Choosing kindness is also exhausting. The public and private back-and-forth exchanges of hatred and de-humanizing that is more about ratings, retweets, and winning than relationships and community is taking a toll on our motivation to even contemplate kindness as a valid response. In Defense of Kindness makes a case that we each can choose kindness as a way to experience community and wholeness in new ways. With a playful spirit, tender heart, and unwavering commitment to justice, "kindness enthusiast" Reyes-Chow explores the many ways in which kindness can bring about healing, wholeness, and hope in ourselves and the world. Through unfiltered sharing of his own experiences, Bruce invites the reader into an adventure of discovery and rediscovery of kindness of heart, mind, spirit, and action.

Random Acts of Kindness

Author : The Editors of the Conari Press
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1609252853
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Random Acts of Kindness written by The Editors of the Conari Press and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original collection of inspirational true stories about acts of kindness and generosity of spirit—with suggestions for living more compassionately. The unprecedented success of Random Acts of Kindness has not only inspired many individuals, but also led Congress to declare a National Random Acts of Kindness Week in February 1995. The inspiration for the kindness movement, Random Acts of Kindness is an antidote for a weary world. The true stories, thoughtful quotations, and suggestions for generosity in this book will inspire you to live more compassionately and experience the joys of sharing and kindness. What if everyone started performing good deeds every day? This inspiring collection presents many true stories of people who’ve committed, received, and observed voluntary acts of kindness—and seen for themselves how small acts of goodness can make a big difference in people’s lives. A USA Today Best Bet for Educators

Cold-Blooded Kindness

Author : Barbara Oakley, PhD
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616144203
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Cold-Blooded Kindness written by Barbara Oakley, PhD and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery that examines the questions: Are some people naturally too caring? Is caring sometimes a mask for darker motives? Can science help us understand how our concerns for others can hurt everything we hold dear? This gripping story brings extraordinary insight to our deepest questions. Is kindness always the right answer? Is kindness always what it seems?

The War for Kindness

Author : Jamil Zaki
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0451499247
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The War for Kindness written by Jamil Zaki and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2019 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Stanford psychologist offers a bold new understanding of empathy, revealing it to be a skill, not a fixed trait, and showing, through science and stories, how we can all become more empathetic"--

Removing the Mask of Kindness

Author : Les Barbanell
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1461630479
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Removing the Mask of Kindness written by Les Barbanell and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Character traits may be used as defenses, or, 'coping mechanisms' that may be developed by individuals in an exaggerated fashion in order to conceal psychological conflicts. When these mechanisms break down, previously repressed trauma erupts into consciousness. One such trait is selflessness. Les Barbanell examines the transformation of selflessness into the Caretaker Personality Disorder and how it is not always better to give than receive, that being good can go bad, and that the 'disease to please' can even be fatal.

Kindness Goes Unpunished

Author : Craig Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 014313485X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Kindness Goes Unpunished written by Craig Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 2007.

Kindness and the Good Society

Author : William S. Hamrick
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791489140
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Kindness and the Good Society written by William S. Hamrick and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2004 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology presented by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friends Kindness and the Good Society utilizes phenomenology and a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional sources to provide the first comprehensive account of kindness in any genre of philosophy. Remarkably rich in descriptive detail and drawing upon a wide range of examples, including literary sources, current affairs, and traditional philosophical texts, Hamrick's book rescues kindness from the purposeful neglect of deontological and utilitarian ethical theories. Beginning with an account of the personal and social areas of ethical and moral comportment, Hamrick addresses what is not intuitively obvious about kindness and its opposite, details a critical kindness that avoids both naiveté as well as popular cynicism, and guides us toward a new notion of aesthetic humanism.

Acts of Kindness

Author : Meladee McCarty
Publisher : HCI
ISBN 13 : 9781558742956
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Acts of Kindness written by Meladee McCarty and published by HCI. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're concerned about the lack of caring in today's society, here's your chance to support the Kindness Revolution .In this delightful book, you'll find ideas to help make a gentle difference. It presents just about everything you'll need to know to perform intentional acts of kindness for your family, friends, coworkers, schoolmates, strangers, people in need--even the environment! You'll begin with basic ground rules to help you make sure that you're not violating anyone's boundaries and that your acts of kindness will have the desired effect. Following are more than 100 uplifting ideas that will help you--and others--experience joy and a sense of connection. You'll never run out of ways to spread sunshine with this marvelous compendium of kind and thoughtful things to do.

On Kindness

Author : Adam Phillips
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429957573
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book On Kindness written by Adam Phillips and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave kindness with such intensity, why is it a pleasure we often deny ourselves? And why—despite our longing—are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it? In this brilliant book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the historian Barbara Taylor examine the pleasures and perils of kindness. Modern people have been taught to perceive ourselves as fundamentally antagonistic to one another, our motives self-seeking. Drawing on intellectual history, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary social theory, this book explains how and why we have chosen loneliness over connection. On Kindness argues that a life lived in instinctive, sympathetic identification with others is the one we should allow ourselves to live. Bursting with often shocking insight, this brief and essential book will return to its readers what Marcus Aurelius declared was mankind's "greatest delight": the intense satisfactions of generosity and compassion.

Deep Kindness

Author : Houston Kraft
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982183314
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Deep Kindness written by Houston Kraft and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kindness is essential in helping heal a world that is more divisive, lonely, and anxious than ever. Kraft believes it is time to reinvent how we talk about it, exercise, and bring kindness into our daily lives. Here he shares anecdotes and actions that can help bring change to our lives, our relationships, and the world.

The Kindness of Strangers

Author : Mike McIntyre
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781495213762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Kindness of Strangers written by Mike McIntyre and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of man's continental leap of faith and the country that caught him.

Tattoos on the Heart

Author : Greg Boyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439153159
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Tattoos on the Heart written by Greg Boyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in spite of failure? No matter where people live or what their circumstances may be, everyone needs boundless, restorative love. Gorgeous and uplifting, Tattoos on the Heart amply demonstrates the impact unconditional love can have on your life. As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles, Gregory Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job training, and encouragement so that young people could work together and learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series of parables distilled from his twenty years in the barrio. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison, we learn how to feel worthy of God’s love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyle’s wonderful, hard-earned wisdom. Inspired by faith but applicable to anyone trying to be good, these personal, unflinching stories are full of surprising revelations and observations of the community in which Boyle works and of the many lives he has helped save. Erudite, down-to-earth, and utterly heartening, these essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love in difficult times and the importance of fighting despair. With Gregory Boyle’s guidance, we can recognize our own wounds in the broken lives and daunting struggles of the men and women in these parables and learn to find joy in all of the people around us. Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.

Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School

Author : Naomi Drew
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631981609
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School written by Naomi Drew and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical, research-based lessons for middle school educators to teach students pro-social attitudes and behaviors to prevent bullying. Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School focuses on positive and pro-social attitudes and behaviors that build a respectful and compassionate school environment, while also addressing the tough issues of prejudice, anger, exclusion, and bullying. Through role-playing, perspective-taking, sharing, writing, discussion, and more, students develop the insights and skills they need to accept differences, resolve conflicts peacefully, stop bullying among peers, and create a community of kindness in their classrooms and school. Based on survey data gathered by the authors from more than 1,000 students, the book’s research-based lessons are easy to implement and developmentally appropriate. Digital content includes student handouts from the book.

One Small Act of Kindness

Author : Lucy Dillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781510023758
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book One Small Act of Kindness written by Lucy Dillon and published by . This book was released on with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a woman is hit by a car and knocked unconscious, passer-by Libby feels a sense of responsibility towards her. She was the one who called the ambulance, after all. When the woman comes round, she's suffered complete temporary memory loss, and can't remember who she is, where she's come from or why she's in Longhampton. Libby feels sorry for the scared woman, who doesn't seem to have any worried friends or family coming to claim her, and offers to put her up for a few days at the rundown B & B she and her husband Jason are trying to convert into a chic romantic hideaway. But as the women's friendship blossoms, Pippa, as they're calling her, starts to get the feeling she was looking for someone.

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Author : Carlo Rovelli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593192168
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness written by Carlo Rovelli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful intellectual feast from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Anaximander One of the world’s most prominent physicists and fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. His bestselling books have introduced millions of readers to the wonders of modern physics and his singular perspective on the cosmos. This new collection of essays reveals a curious intellect always on the move. Rovelli invites us on an accessible and enlightening voyage through science, literature, philosophy, and politics. Written with his usual clarity and wit, this journey ranges widely across time and space: from Newton's alchemy to Einstein's mistakes, from Nabokov’s lepidopterology to Dante’s cosmology, from mind-altering psychedelic substances to the meaning of atheism, from the future of physics to the power of uncertainty. Charming, pithy, and elegant, this book is the perfect gateway to the universe of one of the most influential minds of our age.

Against Empathy

Author : Paul Bloom
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062339354
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Against Empathy written by Paul Bloom and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Post Best Book of 2016 We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don’t have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In AGAINST EMPATHY, Bloom reveals empathy to be one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society. Far from helping us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices. It muddles our judgment and, ironically, often leads to cruelty. We are at our best when we are smart enough not to rely on it, but to draw instead upon a more distanced compassion. Basing his argument on groundbreaking scientific findings, Bloom makes the case that some of the worst decisions made by individuals and nations—who to give money to, when to go to war, how to respond to climate change, and who to imprison—are too often motivated by honest, yet misplaced, emotions. With precision and wit, he demonstrates how empathy distorts our judgment in every aspect of our lives, from philanthropy and charity to the justice system; from medical care and education to parenting and marriage. Without empathy, Bloom insists, our decisions would be clearer, fairer, and—yes—ultimately more moral. Brilliantly argued, urgent and humane, AGAINST EMPATHY shows us that, when it comes to both major policy decisions and the choices we make in our everyday lives, limiting our impulse toward empathy is often the most compassionate choice we can make.

Inside Out & Back Again

Author : Thanhha Lai
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702251178
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Inside Out & Back Again written by Thanhha Lai and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.