Posted on November 6, 2016
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My friend, former coworker, and confidante Debra Dickey wrote today’s blog post. I never stop learning from this woman. Thank you, Debra. In my experience, valor is a prevailing and significant part of kindness, faceted, inextricably entwined. Kindness, by definition, is a perfectly generated…
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Category: gratitudeTags: acts of kindness, benevolence, bravery, friendship, generosity, God, grateful, gratitude, kindness, thankful, valor
Posted on November 30, 2014
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Today’s post was written by one of my English Composition II students, Crystal Riley, on the topic of the motivation of gratitude. I have known Crystal since junior high school. When God allowed our paths to cross again and for me to serve as…
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Posted on November 26, 2014
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I asked my Composition II students to write a brief essay explaining their motives for expressing gratitude and offering at least one example of a moment when gratitude was expressed to them or when they chose to express gratitude to someone else. This essay was…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 2014 gratitude project, acts of kindness, Bible, Christianity, encouragement, family, generosity, granddad, grandpa, grateful, gratitude, grief, hatred, helping others, Jessica Whitmire, love, make a difference, motives, national problems, prayer, riots, student essay, support, thankful, the Golden Rule, why gratitude?, work together
Posted on December 19, 2013
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Today’s post is by one of my students, Derek Chandler, who wrote this essay in response to the question, “What are three gifts you have received in 2013, and why are they significant to you?” I will really miss having Derek on campus! This…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 2013, 2013 gift list, acts of kindness, Arkansas, brother, Christmas, dad, encouragement, family, father, grateful, gratitude, job hunt, like a rock, losing a job, love, mom, mother, moving, out of work, relocation, sister, support, thankful, unemployment
Posted on February 25, 2013
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*Thank you to my friend Samantha Hogan for sharing her story and her husband’s story of how a selfless act by someone else gave him a second chance at life and love. Check out the video that documents this miracle.* I am thankful for…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 28 days of love, acts of kindness, cirrhosis of the liver, Curtis Hogan story, family, God, grateful, gratitude, grief, health, husband, illness, life, liver disease, liver transplant, love, love and gratitude, miracle, miracles, organ donor, prayer, recovery, second chances, selflessness, sickness, Steroid Responsive Chronic Hepatitis Auto-Immune, transplant
