Debt of Kindness

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
- Philo

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
- Henry Van Dyke

One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and the strong.
Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver

Further reading: True Measure of a Successful Life

Sharing Happiness

Feed the Hungry

The Power of Generosity
   

Those who are Kind

One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
- Philo

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
- Henry Van Dyke

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and the strong.
Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver

Further reading: Sharing Happiness

True Measure of a Successful Life

The Power of Generosity

Feed the Hungry
   

One dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- Elie Wiesel

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero

Affirmation: Today I have gratitude for ALL of life.

Further reading: A List of Gratitudes

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Zero-Based Gratitude

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

GRATITUDE - the third Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Albert Pike: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike 

  One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. - Malayan Proverb 

 For whose kindness do you owe a great debt of gratitude? 

 Further reading: Universal Kindness and Compassion 

  How do you want to be remembered? Live life full out - Begin today - jlh