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The Ultimate Touchstone of Friendship

The Ultimate Touchstone of Friendship

I am doing some design work for a client and it involves the poetry of David Whyte, whose poetry was new to me at the start of this project. The more I get into the project the more I find myself catching my breath as his words are just so exquisite and the meanings so penetrating.

Trust Violations

Trust Violations

This image (below) is from today’s issue of a newsletter I subscribe to, published by ClassAction.org. This snippet underscores for me why people do not trust Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Smart Home technology or doctors or politicians (the list goes on and on, right?). It is not the technology doing the harm; it is the people behind the technology who are doing the harm.

Nine Unique Opportunities for Compassion Every Day

Nine Unique Opportunities for Compassion Every Day

… A Johns Hopkins study found giving just 40 seconds of compassion can lower another person’s anxiety in a measurable way. 

A University of Toronto study found, in everyday life (e.g., the workplace) we have, on average, nine unique opportunities for compassion every day.

Faith, Hope, Love

Faith, Hope, Love

“The greatest of these is love.” Been thinking a lot lately of one of my favorite chapters in the Bible: 1 Corinthians 13. Such amazing wisdom in these few words! I have always drawn great comfort and encouragement from every word. Most recently, though, is the last two sentences in the chapter I have been turning over in my mind: “(13). And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. (14.) But the greatest of these is love.” I have…

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