Look at the World in New Ways

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

Intellectual growth should commence at birth
and cease only at death.
- Albert Einstein

That is what learning is.
You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life,
but in a new way.
- Doris Lessing

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

I remind myself every morning:
Nothing I say this day will teach me anything.
So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.
- Larry King

True learning is not about facts,
but about conscious appreciation of the experience of living.
Let each day be a time to learn new appreciation for life.
To learn more about ourselves and the nature of life.
To learn what brings happiness to ourselves and to those around us.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Question Your Questions

Learning From History

The Nature of Learning
    

Believe in Goodness

Believe in love.
Believe in magic.
Believe in others.
Believe in yourself.
Believe in your dreams.
If you don't, who will?
- Jon Bon Jovi

Believe in the goodness of life.
Believe in the power of time to heal and to renew.
Believe in the power of forgiveness and gratitude.
Believe in the gift of rainbows and butterflies.
Believe in the laughter of children.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Being part of the natural world reminds me
that innocence isn't ever lost completely;
we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
- Jewel

Further reading: Our Opportunity

Renewing Yourself

Natural Goodness

Believe in Humanity
    

Radiate Kindness

It's the little things you do
that can make a big difference.
- Bob Proctor

I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature,
let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
- William Penn

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
- Jesus (Matthew 25:40)

If you treat others kindly, a few will respond with unkindness,
or even take advantage of your kindness,
but most will respond with kindness and friendliness.
However, if you treat others unkindly, you can be quite certain
that they will respond with harsh thoughts and actions.
...
Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Kindness: The Best of Being Human

Living from Your Heart

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Opportunities for Kindness

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
     

Strength from Life's Storms

There is no education like adversity.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life.
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
- Lord Byron

Today's Affirmation:
Today is my day to honor my being,
release each and every struggle,
gather strength from life's storms,
relax into the arms of spirit.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Coping with the Impossible

Let Go and Let God

Tending the Garden of Our Lives
     

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