Love Life, Today

Start living now.
Stop saving the good china
for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love
until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein

Let your light shine. Fulfill the promise that is within you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life is a Song

A Happy Life

Being Fully Present in TODAY
      

Shining a Light

As we work to create light for others,
we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others
will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
- Helen Keller

Good works are links that form a chain of love.
- Mother Teresa

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Happiness in Cheering Others

Offering Comfort

Leave the world a bit better

My thoughts on Kindness, Charity, and Religion
      

For the Benefit of Others

The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible,
and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when
we concern ourselves with other people.
- Harry Chapin

Your success will shine as a light of hope
and inspire numbers you cannot total.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

To measure the man, measure his heart.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

Affirmation:
I shine my light of happiness into the darkness of negativity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Light for Others

Grant That I May Radiate

The Universal Sacrament of Compassion

Love Tenderly
      

A Love Affair with Life

I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein

Start living now.
Stop saving the good china
for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love
until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

Let your light shine. Fulfill the promise that is within you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Happy Life

Life is a Song

Being Fully Present in TODAY
    

Yourself as a Gift

Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

As we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence actually liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

In my own deepening understanding of myself
I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well.
The better I am at self-care
the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Every time you smile at someone,
it is an action of love,
a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa

Nurturing is not complex.
It's simply being tuned in to the thing or person before you
and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Further reading: Watering

How to Be Yourself

Creating a Dream for Your Life

Pleasing Everyone
      

Paint Your Life an Adventure

The biggest adventure you can take is
to live the life of your dreams.
- Oprah Winfrey

Paint Your Life an Adventure:
Paint your life in bright bold colors,
and shine your light into the darkness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is a great big canvas,
and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
- Danny Kaye

I am the poet of my mind.
I am the painter of my heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choose to Love Life

The Whole Leap

Be Curious - Be Adventurous
    

Beyond Your Point of View

Your point of view sets you up well in advance
for how you view the events as they unfold.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions.
When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts
than to change the preconceptions.
- Jessamyn West

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
- Ludwig Boerne

Let light shine through the cracks
in the armor of your staunchest beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Belief - Point-of-View

Experts and Authorities

Don't Be Too Sure

The Illusion of Knowledge
    

Loving Life NOW

I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

Start living now.
Stop saving the good china
for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love
until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey

Let your light shine. Fulfill the promise that is within you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life is a Song

A Happy Life

Being Fully Present in TODAY
    

Create Light

As we work to create light for others,
we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

As we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence actually liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
- St. Francis of Assisi

Know that darkness is merely the absence of light.
You can be the small candle that defeats the vast darkness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Paths to Joy and Service

Nothing to look forward to?

Ask Why Not How 

Let Your Light Shine

As we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence actually liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous

Your success will shine as a light of hope
and inspire numbers you cannot total.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Affirmation:
I shine my light of happiness into the darkness of negativity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Fulfill the promise that is within you

Action

Grant That I May Radiate

Light Quotes

Shine Quotes

Darkness Quotes

Quotes about the Stars

Quotes about Hope

Quotes to Encourage You