Transformation Magazine Features Excerpt from Love Is the New Currency

Global Neighborhood by Linda Commito To love one’s country is natural, but why must it end at that border. – Pablo Casals When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your vegetables, because poor people are starving.” Their admonishment didn’t mean much to me because I had never seen someone starving in China

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Stonehill College & Love Is the New Currency

Love Currency:  In a recent reflection on Christmas, Linda Commito notes that “many of us are making decisions to buy less…because we’ve discovered that there is more joy in communal experiences than material things.” She asks readers how they will spend their love currency, those simple acts of compassion that become ripples of kindness and

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‘Tis the Season to be Hopeful

What are you noticing that is hopeful in the world? It probably isn’t the shopping malls with 50% off sale signs three weeks before Christmas, even though we love a ‘good deal’.  It doesn’t feel like such a great deal when we know that some of these retailers – many our friends and neighbors –

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Dec. 22 – Love Is the New Currency Book Signing

Author book signing of Love Is the New Currency from 11 to 1 at Circle Books on St. Armands’ Circle, Sarasota, Florida.

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Wonder what the heroes in “Love Is the New Currency” look like?

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“I’m So Lucky”

At 95 years old, Gordon Mickelson is possibly the oldest fan of Love Is the New Currency. After being given a copy by his daughter, whom I’ve gotten to know through a mutual friend, Gordon asked her, “You know the author?  I would love to meet her!” When I agree to meet her dad, little

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RIPPLES OF KINDNESS – YouTube Video

This short video describes the essence of the book, “Love Is the New Currency”, through the words of the author, Linda Commito. “Love Is the New Currency” inspires us to use our wealth of kindness, hope, generosity, and love to create positive ripples in the lives of others. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGD54ELWvpY[/youtube] Video by: Jessie Williams Create your

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Rock N Soul Café – Sunday November 6th

Come celebrate on a Sunday afternoon! Music, Books, Friends, and Fun… Where: Rock N Soul Café 5290 Arapahoe Ave. Suite I Boulder, Co. When: Sunday November 6th 2:00 to 4:30 Featuring: Linda Commito and friends of Love Is the New Currency Lalitta Jazz duo Angela Casola and Brian Trumble

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Stonehill Alumni Book Club

Linda Commito A resident of Boulder, Colorado, Linda Commito credits her Stonehill education—and the altruistic nature of its community—for providing “a perfect foundation and a measure of inspiration” for her self-published book, which she says offers a timely and much needed message of hope and inspiration. “What has been especially validating during this entire process

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Hope and Inspiration

For Linda Commito’72 the currency of love has more enduring value than metal or paper. Her book Love Is the New Currency is rich with inspiring stories of people who are shifting their thoughts and actions to create a world where compassion and collaboration are esteemed. http://www.stonehill.edu/x24739.xml  

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