When I was a young guy in the army, I did something I shouldn’t have done. A sergeant caught me. He could have got me into trouble, instead, he chewed me out (did he ever). I was grateful he let it slide. I never made the mistake again. I learned a valuable lesson, We all need a break now and then. Extending a merciful hand often pays much greater dividends than a slap.
Kindness
Positive Thought for Today ~ Patience Pays Off on Many Levels
Patience Matters
We hear a lot about the importance of patience when striving for an important goal or reaching something we’v always dreamed about. How much more important is patience in waiting for someone we love to get their life together? I’ve witnessed families fall apart because there was no patience with one who is struggling to figure it out. I’ve also witnessed the opposite where families held the door open and waited and their waiting paid off in reconciliation. Patience does pay off on many different levels..
Inspiring Thought for Today ~ Doing Good
“The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
Positive Thought for the Day ~ You are Not Alone
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle,
known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
NOTE: You are not alone in your struggles, in the pain you are experiencing, in the great loss in your life. People throughout the world share the same experience and understand what you are experiencing because they share it with you. Life calls you to live, to transform your pain into something special. Make something good come from it. You can do it.
Feel Good Tip of the Day ~ Don’t Waste a Moment Being Angry
Feeling hurt? Shake it off and move on. Don’t waste a moment on anger, retaliating, or ruminating, I saw a lecture where the speaker asked, ‘How would you react if you visited someone who was sick in bed in the hospital and the sick person made an insensitive remark toward you?” The speaker suggested most would simply blow it off and attribute it to the person being sick. The speaker suggested the person who hurt our feelings is sick otherwise he/she wouldn’t have made the remark. That helped me to let go of the desire to strike back or think about it incident. Try it. Anger isn’t worth it.
Photo for Today ~ Love The Children in Your Life
Children need our love
Children need to feel safe
Children need the strength a loving parent offers
Love , protect, and treasure
The children in your life
Positive Thought for Today ~ An Act of Kindness is an Act of Healing
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
NOTE: Kindness heals, it binds wounds, and releases the grip anger holds on us. Each time we act kindly toward another we act as a healer. And, in the same act, the healer is also healed.
