Open your eyes

We are all too much inclined to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all around us, and right at our very feet, that we have never seen; because we have never really looked.

- Alexander Graham Bell

Loving thought

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

- George MacDonald

Better Place

DON'T SPEND your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that question, there is an answer. – Leo F. Buscaglia

Happy Life

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

The Great Fruits of Kindness

I like this quotation.

Kindness points to the core of what it means to be alive, which is to be connected. When someone looks at us with the concern of kindness, the sense of connection expressed in their eyes reflects our own value. When someone treats us with the benevolence of kindness, the sense of connection informing their actions confirms our own right to be happy. And when someone feels connected enough to reach out to us in kindness, we hear the unspoken message of their efforts—that we are worth the bother.

- Sharon Salzberg
"The Great Fruits of Kindness"