A practical guide for doing good for yourself and others, offering you inspiration for immediate improvement of your life and the lives of those around you.

Drawing on his well-received convocation address at Syracuse University, one of today's most influential and original writers shows how to lead a kinder, more fulfilling life.

Like a light in the darkness, award-winning writer and poet James Crews's uplifting collection of stories highlights simple acts of kindness and shows how moments of connection can be found in even the most ordinary of encounters. This collection of deeply personal but universal stories also features reflection prompts to help guide you to integrating the life-changing practice of kindness into your own routine. Kindness Will Save the World inspires...

Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave kindness with such intensity, why is it a pleasure we often deny ourselves? And why-despite our longing-are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it? In this brilliant book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the historian Barbara Taylor examine the pleasures and perils of kindness....

While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.

"An adorable picture book about a tiny monster with a big heart trying to follow in his family's footsteps."--

When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind, and how each act, big or small, can make a difference or at least help a friend.

Explains how the Buddhist path can help individuals discover the inner joy within themselves, and shares simple Buddhist teachings and suggestions for meditation.

After Penny Sullivan witnesses a shocking crime, her world tips sideways. Suddenly things like getting groceries, mowing the grass, and returning phone calls are more than she can handle. But with her husband away at sea and her seven-year-old son depending on her, hiding in the closet isn't an option. Hoping to recover by the time her husband gets home, she picke up her trusty yellow notebook and formulates a restoration plan: Do one kind thing for...