Anger is Its Own Punishment

You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- the Buddha

I have never met an aggressive person
who wasn't a fearful person.
- John Bradshaw

Whenever you are angry, be assured that
it is not only a present evil,
but that you have increased a habit.
- Epictetus

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles

Once you recognize that greed, jealousy, and aggression
are symptoms of fear, you can begin to respond to negative people
with compassion, rather than with anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You

Revenge, the Deadliest Sin?

Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat

Finding Peace in Forgiveness

Ending Your Anger

Creatures of Emotion

We Belong to Each Other

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

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
...
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:35-40

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

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

Further reading: The Good Samaritan

How Helping Others Helps You

Commitment To Service

Feed Just One

Helping Others

Encourage Others

Enjoy Life

Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
- Sai Baba

Life is not about perfection -
or a quest for perfection.
Life is about enjoying what we have -
for as long as we have it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin

Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Further reading: Life Really Is Good

Cherish the Whimsey

Small Pleasures

Choose to Love Life

Life is Really Simple

Being Fully Present in TODAY

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The highest and most beautiful things in life
are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen
but, if one will, are to be lived.
- Soren Kierkegaard

This is the day which the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

Stop wishing and fearing the future
long enough to be fully present in TODAY.
Some great things are happening today
that bear no resemblance to what you planned.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Living in the Present

An Unknowable Future

The Canvas Of Life

Our Opportunity

A New Day

Life as Currency

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year! Happy New Beginning!

Today, the year is a newborn.
How will we choose to dress it, to feed it, to teach it, to learn from it?

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best.
- William Arthur Ward

Don't Wait!
Start on your dreams, your impulses,
your longings, your special occasions today.
Because this is your moment.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1

Further reading: The First Day

Renewal and Rebirth - The Great Cycle

New Years Resolutions

Old Beginnings versus NEW beginnings

A Better Plan