I will greet this day with love in my heart.
And how will I do this?
Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again.
I will love the sun for it warms my bones;
yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.
I will love the light for it shows me the way;
yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.
I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart;
yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.
I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
- Og Mandino
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -
not from the mind.
- Sheri Rosenthal
The heart is always right -
if there's a question of choosing between the mind and the heart -
because mind is a creation of the society.
It has been educated.
You have been given it by the society, not by existence.
The heart is unpolluted.
- Osho
All that is real is seen with the heart.
- Vivian Greene
Further reading:
Honor Your Heart
Changing Your Heart
Listen To Your Heart
Your Heart's Longing
Follow Your Heart
An Open Heart
You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty,
the ocean does not become dirty.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
We cannot despair of humanity,
since we ourselves are human beings.
- Albert Einstein
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded.
It's a relationship between equals.
Only when we know our own darkness well
can we be present with the darkness of others.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron
One way or another, we all have to find
what best fosters the flowering of our humanity
in this contemporary life,
and dedicate ourselves to that.
- Joseph Campbell
A generous heart, kind speech,
and a life of service and compassion
are the things which renew humanity.
- The Buddha
Today's affirmation:
I choose acceptance and compassion toward all humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Progress of the Human Mind
We are most like God when we forgive
We are One
Acceptance
Humanity
Compassion
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer
but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong
I always pass on good advice.
It is the only thing to do with it.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice -
but when you don't follow it,
they still respect and love you.
- Doris Wild Helmering
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers
Most people when they come to you for advice,
come to have their own opinions strengthened,
not corrected.
- Josh Billings
Further reading:
Meddling - 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice
Don't Take It Personally
Advice
Regrets
Opinions
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
When I'm trusting and being myself...
everything in my life reflects this
by falling into place easily, often miraculously.
- Shakti Gawain
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Believe in Yourself
Today is Your Day
My Own Person
Appreciate Yourself
Be Yourself
Self Esteem
Thyself
Self Respect
