We look around us at the madness so prevalent in the world today; the hate, the violence and the greed. Feeling overwhelmed, our egos erect walls to hide behind. But rather than offering security, these walls separate and fragment, creating fear and more insecurity. We see evil on all sides, not realizing that the way we see the world is a reflection of what we are inside. What is the answer? How can we break this vicious cycle which threatens to blow the world apart? Love is the way. Love is the only way to true peace! Love is unifying. Love opens our hearts and our souls, showing us the way to live in peace and harmony with our fellow human beings throughout the world. Love reveals the fact that in truth we all are one. We are one being. Therefore, what we do to any member of the human race, we do to ourselves. The injunction to "Love thy neighbor as thyself" commands us to love everyone, without distinction of race, religion, etc. - without moral judgment. This tenet is central to all great religions. We do not have to agree with our neighbor, but we must just love. Love is the Only Way. (Raphael Egger)
A smile is the easiest way to spread love and light and healing. The ripple effects of just one heartfelt smile are incalculable. (Matthew through Suzie Ward) www.matthewbooks.com
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. (Joseph Addison)
If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give. (Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch)
No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one. (Unknown)
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is home. (Unknown)
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. (Mother Teresa)
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. (Joann C. Jones)
A kind deed a day, like little drops of rain, makes a mighty ocean and a gracious nation. (Lin Hsiu Nei)
A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. (Richard Dehmel)
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. (D. Elton Trueblood)
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. (Confucius)
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. (Joseph Joubert)
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. (Mohammed)
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind - while just the art of being kind is all this sad world needs. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1855-1919 American Poet Journalist)
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return. (Peace Pilgrim, 1908-1981 American Peace Activist)
Hold each other's hands. Help each other, one unto the other. Figure out ways to make it easier for the next person, and help yourself by putting yourself first. Then you will begin integrating polarity very quick. (The Group through Steve Rother) - www.Lightworker.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence June 2004) - www.sedonajournal.com
One friend, one person who is truly understanding, who takes the trouble to listen to us as we consider our problem, can change our whole outlook on the world. (Dr. Elton Mayo)
When you feel the pressures of your daily lives to be too much, lean upon one another, and share in the burdens. It is the way it should be, and it is the way it shall be. (Soltec) - www.thespectrumnews.org
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. (Albert Schweitzer)
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. (Buddha)
A candle loses none of its light by lighting another candle. (Unknown)
Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it. (The Midrash)
If only we focused on what we can give to people, rather than on what we can get from people – how precious our life would be. (Dean Fraser)
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? (Mary Ann Evans)
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can. (Ashleigh Brilliant)
We serve God by serving God’s creations. (Dean Fraser)
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. (James M. Barrie)
We live our lives for-getting that living is for-giving. (Dean Fraser)
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person, perfectly. (Sam Keen, US Author and Lecturer)
As we all are One, by serving others, we serve ourselves. That is why it’s called service; "serve-us." (Dean Fraser)
...as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. (Marianne Williamson) - www.marianne.com
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. (Sir Humphrey Davy, 1778-1829 British Chemist)
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can. (Sydney Smith, 1771-1845 British Writer Clergyman)
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. (Nelson Henderson)
To love others is to truly love ourselves, and we cannot honestly love ourselves until we learn to love others. (Unknown)
Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them. (Madame Guizot)
Kindness is the ability to love people more than they really deserve. (Unknown)
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly, and without expectation... We don't love to be loved; we love to love. (Leo Buscaglia, US Author and teacher)
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. (Franklin P. Jones, US Businessman)
Always think in terms of what the other person needs. (James Van Fleet, American Author Lecturer)
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1906 American Author)
The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share. (Unknown)
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. (Aesop, 620-560 BC Greek Fabulist)
What if you lived your life as though you could see the sacred energy of every other being walking on your planet? Would you waste any of your precious time judging or disliking anyone? Or might you spend your days respecting the individual paths and choices you witness daily. There is no "one path" to God/Goddess/All That Is - all paths lead there...
What if you lived your life as if you loved every other being and thing in your 4D reality? It's hard to tease or insult those for whom you feel love, and why would you want to? Judgement would cease to exist, competition would be replaced by creativity and an abundance of resources would be available for those ready to receive. No-one would cause another to feel inferior. No-one would cause another to feel superior. When all are loved then equality, joy, success, creativity, freedom, growth and so much more become the experience for all.
And what if you knew that it all depends on you to be a living example of unconditional love, truth, light and joy? Would you waste your time offering less? Would you wait for someone else to go first? Or would you seek more and more ways to be the shining example you volunteered to be? And what if you knew you could help others in important ways? Sometimes even a simple smile is the lifesaver needed by another. (Sarrinn And the Ancients through Daniele DeVoe) - www.lightandbalance.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - May 2004) - www.sedonajournal.com
Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this, is the beginning of wisdom. (Theodore Isaac Rubin)
Generosity builds human spirit. Every act of generosity - the willing giving of your time, interest, concern, care, understanding, loyalty, honesty - express and nourishes love. And every missed opportunity to be generous erodes your experience of love, connectedness and spirit. (From the book - Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love by Stephanie Dowrick)
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary. (Sir James M. Barrie, 1860-1937 British Playwright)
