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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Seeing Beyond the Superficial

 


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading:

What You Focus On

What You See

Cultivate Awareness

Be a Passionate Observer

Manage Your Wayward Mind
    

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Seeing Deeply


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading:

What You Focus On

What You See

Cultivate Awareness

Be a Passionate Observer

Manage Your Wayward Mind
    

Friday, June 10, 2022

The Art of Vision

 


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading:

What You Focus On

What You See

Cultivate Awareness

Be a Passionate Observer

Manage Your Wayward Mind
    

Sunday, June 20, 2021

True Vision

 


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading:

What You Focus On

What You See

Cultivate Awareness

Be a Passionate Observer

Manage Your Wayward Mind
    

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Look Deeper, Look Wider


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading:

What You Focus On

What You See

Cultivate Awareness

Be a Passionate Observer

Manage Your Wayward Mind
    

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Give a Little Hand


A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

You don't have to give all your savings to some charity
to make this world a humane and just place,
rather you just need to give a little hand
whenever and wherever you see someone in need.
- Abhijit Naskar

Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy
are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

Further reading: Brotherly Love (being of service)

Pay It Forward

Lighting the Way

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable
    

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Practice the Art of Seeing


We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle 

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

What You Focus On

Manage Your Wayward Mind

What You See

Be a Passionate Observer
    

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Look Beyond And Within, Look Deeply


Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

In all my ways of seeing - may I use new glasses,
a telescope and a microscope.
And may I always allow myself to see a circumstance
through the tender hearts of my friends.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Look at everything as though you were seeing it
either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
- Betty Smith

"Beginner Mind" is a Zen Buddhist term
that describes moving past our assumptions
of the nature of our life,
and really SEEING our surroundings -
especially the people we interact with -
with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Miraculous in the Commonplace

Observe

What You See

Choose the World You See -jlh

Beauty is Everywhere
             

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Our Purpose is to Give


Giving is the highest expression of our power.
- Vivian Greene

A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Giving liberates the soul of the giver.
- Maya Angelou

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
- Lao Tzu

Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa


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Further reading: Your Legacy - Making a Difference

Channels Made for Sharing

The Power of Generosity

Lighting the Way

Pay It Forward

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable
      

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Prepare to Encounter the Unexpected


Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle 

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Today is a unique and special day.
It is unlike any other day you have ever experienced.
If you assume that today is like every other day,
you will never notice today's uniqueness.
If you practice keen awareness, you will get
to savor today's uniquely wonderful qualities.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie


Further reading: What You Focus On

Cultivate Awareness

What You See

Managing Your Wayward Mind

Be a Passionate Observer
    

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Supporting Each Other


If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

If you are healthy, support those who are sick.
If you have a job, support those who have lost theirs.
If you are strong, support those who are feeble of body or mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie


Further reading: A Truly Successful Life

Helping Others

Commitment To Service

Feed Just One
   

Monday, March 2, 2015

The Power of Generosity


A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Giving liberates the soul of the giver.
- Maya Angelou

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

It is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi


Further reading: Your Legacy - Making a Difference

Brotherly Love (being of service)

Our Grandchildren

Lighting the Way

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Pay It Forward


Friday, December 5, 2014

Art of Seeing



Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

Look at everything as though you were seeing it
either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
- Betty Smith

In all my ways of seeing - may I use new glasses,
a telescope and a microscope.
And may I always allow myself to see a circumstance
through the tender hearts of my friends.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Beginner Mind" is a Zen Buddhist term
that describes moving past our assumptions
of the nature of our life,
and really SEEING our surroundings -
especially the people we interact with -
with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Miraculous in the Commonplace

What You See

Beauty is Everywhere

Observe

Choose the World You See -jlh

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Being of Service


A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy
are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron


Further reading: Brotherly Love (being of service)

Lighting the Way

Pay It Forward

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Quotes about Service

Quotes about Riches 

Quotes about Generosity

Quotes about Helping Others

Bible Quotes on Love

Quotes about Humanity

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Commitment To Service


A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron


Further reading: Brotherly Love (being of service)

Pay It Forward

Lighting the Way

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Bible Quotes on Love

Quotes about Service

Quotes about Generosity

Quotes about Riches

Quotes about Helping Others

Quotes about Humanity

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Seeing, Really Seeing


It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
- Wayne Dyer

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

Look at everything as though you were seeing it
either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
- Betty Smith

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are,
and doing things as they ought to be done.
- Josh Billings


Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher: THE GIFT OF SEEING

Truth isn't True. Reality isn't Real

Question Your Questions

Quotes about Seeing

Quotes about Vision

Heart Quotes

Quotes about Assumptions

New Eyes Quotes

Quotes about Common Sense

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Empathy

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
- Henry David Thoreau

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches
as to conceive how others can be in want.
- Jonathan Swift

Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
- Seneca

Science may have found a cure for most evils;
but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all --
the apathy of human beings.
- Helen Keller

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron

There is compassion in selfless generosity, but there is also compassion in heartfelt empathy.

Further reading: The Brick - a story of brotherly love

How to Choose Your Life Purpose

What is Love?

Unity (with Spirit and All Creation)     
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