“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.”
-  Judith Martin, ”Miss Manners,” American writer and etiquette authority

Even a small deviation from our usual routines can help.
Example: Instead of going to Google’s website for your searching needs, try Hoongle. You’ll be getting what you need (a reliable Google search result) and then some!
Sometimes we think it costs too much to help or that what we have to offer might be too insufficient; and so we slowly begin to distance ourselves from the people we care about.
But check out how much “a little” can make a huge difference at Kiva.

Hey I just remembered this after seeing the link that Jannet gave us to Judith Warner’s column. 
Last night I listened to the Oprah interviews with Byron Katie again. I forget the link but you can find them from hulu, search on Byron Katie, then that links you back to the XM Oprah site. [Ah, here is the link to the page where you can find videos. Incidentally the videos do not run on Chrome; I had to switch to Firefox.]
In the interviews Katie makes a point that I found rather remarkable: 
A …

Hey Zine team,
I added an idea to the About section. Feel free to jump in, edit, add, etc.
To start, I figured I would jot down why we are doing this - and then maybe we can define what we’re about.
Happy Friday!
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What if it was mine that we we’re saving?
Heavy thoughts on a gorgeous Friday!