Cheer When Others Succeed

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life
comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
- Robert A. Heinlein

The more we care for the happiness of others,
the greater is our own sense of well-being.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Appreciation is a wonderful thing.
It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Voltaire

Sadly, it is human nature to measure success by comparison with our neighbors.
A consequence of this tendency is the instinct to wish for others to fail
and our own status to therefore appear higher by comparison.
Strive to cheer whenever others succeed
and to avoid viewing your own achievements in comparison to others.

Further reading: Empathy

Light for Others

The Art of Listening

Eight Rules for Living Your Greatest Life

Disappointment

Offer Comfort
      

Find something to enjoy and to appreciate about TODAY.

Abundance is not something we acquire.
It is something we tune into.
- Wayne Dyer

Not what we have,
but what we enjoy,
constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins
with the realization that we have already arrived.
- Michael Beckwith

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
- Wayne Dyer

Find something to enjoy and to appreciate about TODAY.

Today's affirmation:
My Cup Runneth Over - My Life Is Abundant.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Know that You have been Blessed

Have Gratitude for THIS Moment

Appreciate Your Abundance

Is your glass of life half empty? Or half full?
      

Celebrate Differences, Celebrate Others

It is not our differences that divide us.
It is our inability to recognize, accept,
and celebrate those differences.
- Audre Lorde

We are all different - and we are all one.
Take time to understand, and to appreciate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Condemn none:
if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so.
If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers,
and let them go their own way.
- Swami Vivekananda

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious,
and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day,
only in a different way.
- Will Rogers

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.
- Mercedes Ruehl

Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
- Hugh Prather

Further reading: Respect Others

Each To Their Own

A Different Drummer
       

Personal Value System

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Honor, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Choice,
Vision, Action, Celebration, Unity -
The Values of an Inspired Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Today's project:
Meaningful and joyful lives are lived by adhering to one's personal value system - one's principles. Today, write your six to eight most important values on an index card, and refer to that card as you go about your life today.

Further reading: Do What You Know Is Right

Things Divine

Secret of Happiness

What We Are Made Of
     

Work Toward Overcoming Your Own Biases

Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear,
and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.
- Lester B. Pearson

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences.
No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
- Edward R. Murrow
Read Who was Edward R. Murrow

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- H. L. Mencken

People see themselves as the center of the universe
and judge everything as it relates to them.
- Peace Pilgrim

There is no neutrality.
There is only greater or lesser
awareness of one's bias.
- Phyllis Rose

Everything we say, do, think, and feel
is a product of our personal history
and the collective history of humankind.
Our name for these histories is "prejudice."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Avoid Labeling Yourself

Love All, Judge None

Travel Teaches Toleration

Oscar Wilde on Morality