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Heart Warming: More Good Deeds

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 22, 2013

Like last time I posted, this week we get a bird’s eye view of even more good deeds. It’s heart warming to be reminded of how simply we can impact a person – or a large group of people – by offering the simplest kindness.

Here we go with the pictures!

1. A couple pays it forward with buying a meal for a young family with children. This not only helped the wallet of the husband/ dad. It also helped imbed a lesson in kindness …

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Goodness: A lesson Through Real Pictures!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 15, 2013

A friend sent me some beautiful pictures that show, in real ways, how people share goodness. It was another sweet lesson in the goodness of people, and how something seemingly tiny can make the day – not just for the receiver and the giver of the deed, but for all who find out about it.

Here is today’s Story In Goodness, simply shared via photographs!

1. A man sees a young woman walking the hot streets, with no shoes. He promptly takes off his …

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Goodness: Three Simple Rules

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 7, 2013

Here are three simple rules to bring a bit more good (Or maybe a lot more good) into your life, and mine. I really like the ‘simple’ part, since most of us are just bout up to our ears in things to do places to go, and ideas to try to incorporate into our daily living.

1. If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never get it.

Okay, so that’s pretty obvious. But what is neither as obvious or as easy, deep inside, …

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Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 1, 2013

Remember the song Oh What a Beautiful Morning - from the musical Oklahoma? I love that song. Never have I heard it [or sung it in my head] without feeling better inside.

There’s something about great music that brings joy to the soul. This particular tune reminds me to take in nature around me, and take note of TODAY. To see every little lovely creature, notice the sky, smell the smells and be part of my surroundings. and to love the ones I love …

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Good As Gold! Integrity

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor March 12, 2013

Good as gold. A fitting way to define two fellows who work for a HVAC company in Sacrament, California. It made me smile outside and inward to read the news clip. This is the the story:

This Company, and Employees – Good as Gold!

Really? How many people do things like this, these days? More than we imagine, perhaps.

The really cool thing is that this isn’t the first time the Clark and Rush Company has found money – and given it to its rightful …

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Simple Good Ol’ Days

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor February 26, 2013

Mostly in pictures, let’s go back in time.

The simple good old days. Whatever that means to you. Because those good ol’ days are a lot different for each one of us, depending on the era in which we grew up, the circumstances, and what we did during those old days.

A ball and jacks. Who plays that, anymore? Old fashioned bicycles. With ringers on ‘em. Dinners that included potatoes, and no matter what kind they turned out to be – french fries, mashed, casseroles …

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Simple Ways To Make A Good Day

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor February 12, 2013

There are simple ways to make a good day. All of them can be based on perspective, or experience, or focus. The older I get, the more I hunger for moments to celebrate – for any ol’ reason. Or maybe it’s the understanding that when I decide to look for more goodness, there is clearly more to honor and grow.

One way I try to make my day better is by finding good things to read – good articles, good news, happy photos. I …

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Good And Cold

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 29, 2013

Brrr. It’s cold. Again. Good and cold. Gotta love it.

After being almost – warm – enough – to – sit – outside – for – a – few – minutes – in – the – sun. But it’s all good.

I think I finally figured out that, like Mark Twain once said:

Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get.

It’s a lot like life. What we want and what we get are often very different. Sometimes because we make poor …

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Goodness Comes In Baby Steps

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 15, 2013

Goodness usually comes in baby steps for me.

I remember when my daughter had her gall bladder removed. Prior to surgery, she was in agonizing pain. When ER tests confirmed a diagnosis and told her that they could remove the culprit, she was so glad. Me, too.

An anesthesiologist put her to sleep, a surgeon removed the diseased gall bladder, and she began to heal. In short order, she was good as new – grateful it was behind her.

Isn’t life like this? Sometimes, …

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Supercalifrag…. Never Mind

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor October 30, 2012

Supercalifrag…never mind. Trying to be Super All That is such a myth. Whoever started the whole “I can do everything!” needs to stand in the corner with their nose touching the crevice. Don’t be crowning me Queen of Goodness – or anyone else. We’re all working stiffs here, shoring up as best we can, and dealing with Stuff. Trusting, hoping, praying, working so that the Stuff doesn’t do us in.

Does this sound negative? Sorry – I don’t mean it to. Just the opposite.…

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