Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. – Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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opportunity for kindness – Marcus Annaeus Seneca
November 29th, 2011 11:29 am
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I am thankful for this opportunity for kindness; I discovered the value of public sharing your own thoughts and believes. Alanises new and improved site gives me possibility to create my own contoled peace of Earth. This is my new way to express myself; that doesn’t mean I am going to sacrifice my work, friends and outside experiences for it, but I will spend less time watching TV! I like this form of interaction. Thieu.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Dr Seuss
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I love that – I reposted it on my facebook profile, nice.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.” Arundhati Roy
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” Elizabeth Kubler Ross
“When you drop your mask, you invite others to do the same. Some people will accept the invitation, others may run away because they start to feel acutely aware of their own coverings. But remember, if you want love and friendship, if you want to know beauty, you must walk the path undisguised.” Charlotte Kasl
ā€¯Just look at us. Everything is backwards. Everything is upside-down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religions destroy spirituality.ā€¯ Michael Ellner
“It is easy to find the courage necessary to support a moral position if that position benefits oneself. True moral courage, however, is proven when one chooses to support that which is morally and ethically right even when such a position is to one’s own detriment.” anonymous
“Prophets and inspired people are always considered by the majority to be mad.” — Flatland
“Having a firm will, but with concern for self and others, not discouraged by difficulty or danger but not foolhardy: acting from inner strength and faith in self, not in compensation for insecurity and fear.” Jeremy Ross
how long till people realise and start doing that?
When I was a kid I tagged along with my dad a lot on his errands. We lived in a small town and he would always stop and talk to everyone he saw on his way. Sometimes I thought it was frustrating that even a small task could take hours and because I was a kid their conversations weren’t very interesting to me. One time when we finally got back on track, I asked him why he always talks to everyone and he said “because everyone has a soul.”
The wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard
Why can’t we all be like this wise old bird?
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I use to think this was something people would tell their children to keep quiet, but I realize there are many who will sit, watch and listen and not be the wiser. I think this is actually saying to pay attention and draw your own conclusions. It seems today everyone is spoon fed knowledge and accepts what they are told. I choose the latter. I will try to draw my own conclusions whenever possible, and this just might lead to something original or brilliant in the sense so that I may discover something new and one day, be one of the giants whose shoulders we all seem to stand upon.
Many owls will grow old, but few will be the wiser.
In my opinion, empathy is the greatest wisdom of all. To feel for someone regardless of what they are feeling. Maybe for a moment you or they won’t fell alone, maybe for a moment I might gain some inside I never knew, maybe for a moment we might be able to help each other, maybe for a moment we could be what we are and find a common ground to stand upon.
At the very least we could be kind.