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\"Cultivate<\/p>\n

Acts of kindness sow seeds that grow into a garden in the heart … of others, but also our own.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in so growing, produces the emotional oxygen we all need to survive and thrive in this world together.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acts of kindness sow seeds that grow into a garden in the heart … of others, but also our own. 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