by Kate | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. Last week, I went to my aunt’s funeral and saw love in action. Her friends and extended family gathered. We don’t see each other often (some of us had never met), but we gathered to honor and celebrate this woman who...
by Kate | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will appreciate blessings. When I recommitted myself to the Kind Promises, I felt a sense of joy and relief. Since then, my monster mind has been grumbling about the dangers of repetitive practice. “You’ve done gratitude,” it snarls. “What good...
by Kate | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promises, Advocacy, advocacy organizations, advocatesKind Promise: I will advocate courageously. In an urban flower garden near where I live, there is a sign: How lovely that in the midst of riotous green and against crinkled bark, someone is reminding us...
by Kate | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love in this moment. What if I lived as if God/love were real? I think they are synonymous. Frankly, I have more faith in love than I do God. I have been blessed to be surrounded by love. I have only seen hate from a distance. I have only felt it...
by Kate | Apr 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
kind promise: I will consecrate this moment. These days, when I hear a siren, I go into metta mode. I bless the first responders, the receivers of their care and all beings involved in the emergency. (Metta meditation is also called loving-kindness meditation. The way...
