I honestly had intended to pick the easiest trail up the mountain (only much later, I would find out that I had accidentally embarked on a very advanced rocky trail). Without a trail map and only a ...

Whether it’s joy or anger, we’re wired to catch and spread emotions. Here's how to inoculate ourselves against negative ones. I honestly had intended to pick the easiest trail up the mountain (only ...

It's fair to say that the pages of your local newspaper aren't always the best place to turn for inspiration. There's enough turmoil in the world to fill any local edition, and those of us in the news ...

Being kind is one of the most powerful things we can do as humans. Kindness is that assist at the supermarket when a stranger is struggling to grab something off a high shelf, or the surprise postcard ...

Last winter, an online post inspired Liz Wu to start her own way of spreading kindness.“The concept is somewhat of a flash mob, but with kind acts,” Wu said.Watch this storyWu then contacted some ...

As the first day of school approached back in July, Nikki Rajahn decided to give her two oldest kids a confidence booster — a personalized T-shirt. She would make it with Cricut — but the design could ...

Love is the second of the Four Boundless Qualities of the Buddhist tradition. Loving-kindness is an expression of pure spirituality. As we are all interdependently connected and are all suffering, ...

During my early twenties I was truly short of cash. Several times a week, for a year, I walked around the corner to a little market to buy a small piece of liver, which was very inexpensive. One day, ...

Paying it forward in line at the drive-thru. Offering a stranger a flower. Complimenting a co-worker on all their hard work. These are just a few examples of random acts of kindness that should be ...

TACOMA, Wash.- Several months ago 8-year-old Alex McKelvey set out to do a lot of nice things for people she doesn't even know. She reached an important goal this past weekend and it's helping her ...