A Little Kinder

May we make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate
by reminding ourselves that often it is the random acts
of kindness that most benefit all of us.
- Anonymous

Do some selfless service for people who are in need.
Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.
- Nina Hagen

Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma

Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Empathy

Open Mind - Open Heart

Through Each Other's Eyes
    

Selfless Service

A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back
as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people
and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar

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

Life is unlimited.
Your world expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
Money that is spent or given away returns multiplied.
The more love that is given, the more love returns.
The more a helping hand is given, the more hands
are strengthened and empowered to help.
We can help each other to all be winners.
We can all have food, and jobs, and love, and happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono

Further reading: Create Light for Others

Make a Difference

Basic Kindness

True Measure of a Successful Life
     

We Are Called To Rise Above Selfishness

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
- 1 John 3:17

Acting selfishly is human nature, and therefore forgivable.
Publicly advocating selfishness as a virtue in the name of Jesus is far worse.

Man should not consider his material possession his own,
but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas

The only wealth which you will keep forever
is the wealth you have given away.
- Marcus Aurelius

Further reading: We Belong to Each Other

Giving Love and Comfort

Practicing Compassion

Giving of Yourself

The Power of Generosity
      

Selfless Service

Do some selfless service for people who are in need.
Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.
- Nina Hagen

May we make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate
by reminding ourselves that often it is the random acts
of kindness that most benefit all of us.
- Anonymous

Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma

Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Open Mind - Open Heart

Empathy

Through Each Other's Eyes
    

Share Without Hesitation

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
- 1 John 3:17

The only wealth which you will keep forever
is the wealth you have given away.
- Marcus Aurelius

Man should not consider his material possession his own,
but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas

Acting selfishly is human nature, and therefore forgivable.
Publicly advocating selfishness as a virtue in the name of Jesus is far worse.

Further reading: We Belong to Each Other

The Power of Generosity

Practicing Compassion

Giving Love and Comfort

Giving of Yourself
      

Selflessness and Compassion

Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma

May we make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate
by reminding ourselves that often it is the random acts
of kindness that most benefit all of us.
- Anonymous

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive one another.
- Colossians 3:12

Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Empathy

Open Mind - Open Heart

Through Each Other's Eyes
    

Your World Expands with Your Generosity, Compassion, Service

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

A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back
as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people
and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar

It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono

Life is unlimited.
Your world expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
Money that is spent or given away returns multiplied.
The more love that is given, the more love returns.
The more a helping hand is given, the more hands
are strengthened and empowered to help.
We can help each other to all be winners.
We can all have food, and jobs, and love, and happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Create Light for Others

Basic Kindness

Making a Difference

True Measure of a Successful Life
     

The Goal is to be Kind

Only those who have learned the power
of sincere and selfless contribution
experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
- Tony Robbins

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.
- Mother Teresa

We are formed and molded by our thoughts.
Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts
give joy when they speak or act.
Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
- The Buddha

Kindness is the most sincere expression of being fully human.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Will to Help Others

Empathy

Offer Your Hand... Often

Do Good Now
     

The Will to Help Others

The purpose of human life is to serve,
and to show compassion and the will to help others.
- Albert Schweitzer

It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
- W. Clement Stone

A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back
as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people
and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar

There is no shame in asking for support.
Our purpose here on earth is to help others.
Consider that in asking another for help,
you are supporting them in fulfilling their life purpose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Create Light for Others

Making a Difference

Basic Kindness

True Measure of a Successful Life
    

Choosing Selflessness

We are formed and molded by our thoughts.
Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts
give joy when they speak or act.
Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
- The Buddha

Only those who have learned the power
of sincere and selfless contribution
experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
- Tony Robbins

Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind,
because oneness is the secret of everything.
- Swami Vivekananda

Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Through Each Other's Eyes

Open Mind - Open Heart

Empathy
    

Acts of Kindness

There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

May we make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate
by reminding ourselves that often it is the random acts
of kindness that most benefit all of us.
- Anonymous

A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back
as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people
and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar

To be a beneficial presence in the world,
cultivate a conscious awareness of your unity with Spirit.
Expect good in your own life.
Desire good for all others as well.
See and affirm abundant blessings of peace,
health, and plenty for everyone.
Align your thoughts with peace and happiness,
and realize that these qualities are your true nature.
- Kathy Juline

Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Cab Ride

Offering Comfort

Not Fair, But Joyful

Proactive in Our Love

Joy from Cheering Others

Opportunity for Kindness

Faith, Hope, and Charity

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
- Anonymous

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

Can you imagine a life with no fear?
What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?
- Max Lucado

There are no hopeless situations;
there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
- Clare Boothe Luce

You can create miracles in your own life,
and in the lives of those around you -
because you are a miracle,
and you are connected to the source of all miracles.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Affirmation:
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Hope for the Future

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Know That You Are Loved

End Overwhelm, Fear, and Worry

Faith

Hopes

Charity

Being Kind

There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

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

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

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.
- Mother Teresa

Affirmation:
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Overcome Being Negative

Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

The Brick

Kindness and Charity

Be Kind Quotes

Kindness Quotes

Quotes about Compassion

Life Purpose Quotes

Inspirational Quotes about Love

Quotes about Selflessness

Selflessness

A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution
experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
- Tony Robbins

Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma

Today, I choose the higher road - the path of charity, acceptance, love, selflessness, kindness. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Empathy

The Brick - a story of brotherly love

Helping Others
    

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)     

When you find peace within yourself... - Peace Pilgrim

Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities.
Always stand proud in who you are!
- Margaret Spellings

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

When you find peace within yourself, 

you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
- Peace Pilgrim

Affirmation: Today, I choose the higher road - the path of charity, acceptance, love, selflessness, kindness.

Further reading: Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren

The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher

The River of Life (Poem)