Beginning in the American South and moving across several continents of living, Tracking Kindness is a memoir that invites you to explore kindness with a wider lens. Spanning a lifetime of 78 years, Myrtle Heery shares a myriad of personal experiences that will bring both joy and tears. At the end of each chapter, readers are asked to reflect on how Heery’s story might remind them of their own similar experiences. The book is filled with captivating and touching stories of travel, humor, loss, celebrations, teachings, listening, and even silence — recollections that always take Heery back to tracking kindness as the key to finding meaning and purpose in life. In this memoir, she shows how kindness to self and others in various circumstances can be the teacher and connector for each of us.
“A gentle recounting of a life filled with adventure and kindnesses, this book is a testament to the understanding that it’s always best to follow your heart, and to lead with kindness not judgement. Dr. Heery is a living example of the truth that kindness grows and returns to you in unexpected ways, and is never wasted.”
– Venerable Jigme Palmo, Gelukpa Buddhist Nun
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