What a Routine Bank Trip Revealed About Privilege, Gratitude, and Helping Others

Meaning in Everyday Places There’s a strange little inconvenience at my bank: I can’t transfer money between two specific accounts using the banking app. Once or twice a month, I have to physically walk inside to do something that should take ten seconds online. It sounds annoying—maybe even ridiculous—but that small inconvenience has turned into … Continue reading What a Routine Bank Trip Revealed About Privilege, Gratitude, and Helping Others

The Quiet Power of Simple Kindness: A Story of Gratitude and Joy

the simplicity of human connection There's a man named John who attends group fitness classes at our local YMCA. His teeth are like a forgotten picket fence; his is a mouth of gaps and cracks, all on the precipice of falling in. Even in warmer months, John always wears a navy baseball cap and a … Continue reading The Quiet Power of Simple Kindness: A Story of Gratitude and Joy