Dylan Raines

On a mission to create a wiser, more compassionately connected world through community building and communication services.

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Got my first feedback on my book. If you're an author, what did it feel like for you when someone first acknowledged your work, and said something positive?

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Miss Clara makes ice cream "to make our town a happier, sweeter place to live."

Some work exists simply to bring joy. That is no small thing.

What simple joy are you sharing this weekend?

A World of Possibilities: https://t.co/4xmVecrRtS

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Contentment isn't settling. It's finally noticing what was already here.

What's something ordinary you'd miss terribly if it were gone?

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I’m excited to introduce the Humanitarian Explorer podcast!

Each morning, we explore humanitarian news across five areas:

💧 Clean Water
🍎 Food & Nutrition
📚 Education Access
🩺 Health & Wellness
🌿 Healthy Environment

We look at the challenges people face and the work being done to help.

My hope is to make it easier to stay informed, feel connected to our human family, and discover ways to make a difference.

Listen and follow on Spotify:
https://t.co/9vGn14bguN

Thank you for listening and sharing this new journey with me.

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@greenheroaf Agreed. I’d love to spend all day just walking and noticing the world around me.

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Enough is a feeling, not a number.

What's one small thing that made today feel like enough?

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Most impatience isn't about time. It's about control.

What's one thing you keep trying to hurry that just won't be hurried?

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Miss Bloom told Anna, "Flowers bring peace to our busy streets."

She doesn't grow them just to sell roses. She grows them so a whole town has somewhere to pause and breathe.

Some work is simply about giving others room to rest.

Where do you go to pause?

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A seed doesn't feel late. Only we do.

What's something in your life you're tired of waiting on?

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@Jack_Raines It is truly fascinating. Things feel so unknown, yet also so full of possibilities.

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Never. Stop. Trying.

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Compassion begins the moment we stop needing someone to deserve it.

When was the last time someone was kind to you before you'd earned it?

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Mister Antonio put his hand over his heart and told Anna, "I cook large plates of pasta to gather the town."

A meal shared turns strangers into friends. It gives people a place to belong.

Most work carries a reason like that underneath it. We just forget to ask.

Whose table made you feel like you belonged?

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@csansoon @zarazhangrui 😂

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Most of us are kinder to strangers than to ourselves on a hard day.

What's one thing you'd say to a friend that you rarely say to yourself?

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@AndrewYang it would help people cover the cost of the AI subscriptions that'll be as necessary to have in the future as a smartphone is today.

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@RyanHoliday Yes, ask questions, and listen. Knowledgeable people also generally like to talk a lot about what they know.

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@nikitabier Could be both.

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@ben_sage I can't speak for us, but it's making me less lazy as the opportunities for what I can create have exponentially increased, and there are so many wonderful things to build!

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@IslamicReliefUK Keeping 200 children learning instead of working is meaningful. For many families, a child's wages are hard to give up. How do you help parents feel that school is worth the income they are setting aside?

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@AmJyotiraditya @townpostoffcl Thank you for looking closely at this. Fewer schools can sometimes mean consolidation, and sometimes it means a much longer walk for a child. How do we measure access in distance and time, not just in enrollment?