Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Let us open our natures,

throw wide the doors of our hearts

and let in the sunshine of good will and kindness.

-- O. S. Marden

Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Kindness is among the gifts we can most easily spread among others.

The more we give of kind words and deeds, the more we discover that kindness is like a burning candle which lights many other candles without losing a trace of its own brightness.

Our kindnesses are assets which return unexpected dividends when we invest them in the happiness of others.

Kindness is the very basis of love.

It softens the most severe anger and gladdens the hardest hearts.

No kindness is too small to win and hold the affection of others because it is made up of gentleness, love, generosity, unselfishness, and caring.

It's the deepest channel that runs most true.

-- Kate Wolf

The greatest rivers spread themselves out wide and lazy over the earth. They roll over on themselves like great turtles turning in the warm sun.

A river flows, drawn to the oceans, carving ever-deepening channels, nestling snug in the earth's welcoming lap.

The current is strongest in the deepest channel. Boat navigators know that finding that channel means finding the swiftest current and the safest voyage home.

When we look at a river, or at another person, we see only the surface.

What keeps our attention is usually some movement or activity on the surface.

But there is more than meets the eye, especially to people.

When we overlook someone because that person is quiet or simple, we may be robbing ourselves of an eye-opening discovery.

Real friends are those who,

when you've made a fool of yourself,

don't feel that you've done a permanent job.

-- Erwin T. Randall

What kind of friends do we have? Are they people who complain a lot? Are they people who laugh at us or put others down?

The kind of people we want to be will decide what kind of friends we have.

If we want to feel sorry for ourselves, we will choose friends who will tell us how rotten their lives are.

If we want to think we're better than others, we will hang around people who laugh at others' mistakes.

But if we want to be the best we can be, we will pick friends who see the good in life, people who will encourage us to be ourselves and who will help us try harder at things that are difficult for us.

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10/30/2024

Dividers from Graphics By Sharon (dead link 06/26/2011)

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