Kindness In An Age of Connected Disconnection

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August 27, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. - Albert Schweitzer - Kindness In An Age of Connected Disconnection Years ago, we didn't have to try so hard to stay connected. People lived in neighborhoods, and there weren't many strangers that didn't ultimately become friends. We watched over one another with relationships built upon a foundation of shared interdependence, ensuring plenty of kindness to go around. Sadly though, through our own scientific progress, we now live in an age of 'connected disconnection.' Even the most basic of needs are provided by faceless entities. But, at what cost? Read on to learn of the direct correlation between kindness and personal connection. { read more } Be The Change Try to bring awareness to those moments of disconnectedness. Or, alternately, why not designate an hour of your day to go 'hands free' instead? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The College Course That's Changing Lives On Navigating Stuckness A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Resilience: The Opposite of Depression Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Power of Place: Photos From Around the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,732 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More