Author Archives: Humanity Hiker
Kindness Virtues – Faith
The last of the kindness virtues is faith. I define faith as believing in something you cannot know from experience. Usually this is applied to God, or something that transcends the material realm. We can experience things that transcend us, … Continue reading
Kindness Virtues – Courage
During our hike across the country hundreds of people were kind to us. Almost all of them wished us to “Be safe” or “Safe travels” upon our departure. Think about the irony in that. It’s a topic I’ve covered before, … Continue reading
Kindness Virtues – Humility
This summer I am a Program Director for a residential YMCA camp; that interferes with my posting on a regular basis. Picking up where I left off regarding kindness virtues, the next one is humility. I view humility as accepting … Continue reading
Kindness Virtues – Leisure
As we walked across the country there was a direct correlation between the type of road we walked on (when not on trail, bike paths or hiking cross-country) and how frequently people stopped to offer us kindness. On paved roads … Continue reading
Kindness Virtues – Empathy
As an experienced teacher I’ve acquired a sense of when my “audience” is paying attention or not. When I gave talks across the country about kindness, community and humanity the part that garnered the most attention was when I pointed … Continue reading
Kindness Virtues
Kindness is a virtue that best resides in the context of community, a local setting of intimacy. Kindness requires several virtues in their own right. I list them here: Empathy Leisure Humility Courage Faith
Using Community Virtues to Address Serious Issues
Self-sufficiency, oneness, networks, expectations and kindness are all virtues in their own. They all are right, how we were meant to behave starting out as an altruistic species. They all are good, providing an immediate benefit to an individual’s quality … Continue reading
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Community Virtues – Kindness
You can find kindness anywhere, as we did when we hiked across the country. Having said that, kindness resides where there are intimate connections and our empathy kicks in. Kindness does not reside in the anonymity of governments, corporations or … Continue reading
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Community Virtues – Expectations
On the one hand people tend to conserve energy while on the other hand people want to belong. The first impulse allows someone else to expend the energy necessary to get something done, while the second impulse leads one to … Continue reading
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