In which I reflect on the name I gave to my youngest son, linking him back to the kindly Uncle Toby in “Tristram Shandy.”
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Tag Archives: "Kindness"
Sterne’s Uncle Toby and My Own Toby
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Micah and Dickinson on Kindness
The prophet Micah’s famous observation about justice, kindness, and humility can lead us to other poems about kindness, including Dickinson’s “If I can stop one heart from breaking.”
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Peace Poems for Israel and Gaza
Two peace poems, by an Israeli and a Palestinian-American, invite us to step beyond the hostilities.
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Brief but Holy Moments of Exchange
Danusha Lameris’s “Small Kindnesses” reminds us that people care about strangers. It’s a message we need to hear.
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The Moment Kindheartedness Walks In
Sometimes when I get depressed about the state of the world, I do two things. First, I remind myself that too often I allow myself to be stampeded into fear by media headlines, which use adrenaline to hook us. Second, I recollect the many generous and kind people in my life and in the world. […]
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