compassion Archive
There are dozens of ways to cope with tragedy, but I want to share what I believe to be the most powerful. When sad, just give yourself permission to remain so. This is contrary to what we normally do; we are always trying …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer The giving season is upon us, and #GivingTuesday wants to change the way we think about the holiday season. Here is what their Mission Statement has to say about the initiative: “#GivingTuesday™ is a campaign to create a …
Last night I had the opportunity to watch National Geographic’s documentary Life In A Day and it was a great way to finish the Thanksgiving weekend. In 2010, National Geographic put out a request for individuals to film their lives on …
Constancy is my favorite word. If things go well, constancy; if thing go poorly constancy. The word is the cool lemonade of wisdom to the hot summer days of youth. Humanity is in its youth. The follies of war and …
I loved the movie and the book, ‘Pay it Forward’, to think it took a child to start something amazing at his school. I also like Kevin Spacey as an actor and he played his role well. As a continuation …
While reading the book, ‘Happiness’ by Matthieu Richard, chapter 22, I came across some amazing information on Ethics as the’ Science of Happiness’. It discusses Buddhism and that ethics is not just ways of acting, but a way of being. As humans …
I was struck by the story of the man who gave the a space heater to hurricane victims without power. The very people he helped had helped him many years before. It illustrates the concept of pay it forward so …
I don’t have answers. The solutions to the world’s problems won’t come from a grand vision, but from a plodding commitment to goodness. I remember reading a quote in a Zen Buddhist book that said something along the line of, …
By Victoria Brewster, MSW SJS Staff Writer www.northernmsw.com We all become busy with both our personal and professional lives, but this is one element that people should not forget, gratitude.I co-facilitate a group for Holocaust Survivors on a weekly basis. This group …
Worldly problems arise because we lack the ability to communicate clearly with each other. The point at which we learn to communicate is so far removed from the place where that communication becomes a matter of life and death. This …
