“Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.” ~ Rumi “Some cause happiness wherever they go.” ~ Oscar Wilde “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya AngelouContinue reading “My Father part 3 – Honoring Others”
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Things I Learned from My Father part 2 – Kindness
“No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ~ Dalai Lama “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated, and helping those in need. To me those areContinue reading “Things I Learned from My Father part 2 – Kindness”
Things I Learned from My Father
“Here is my secret, A very simple secret, It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” ~ The Little Prince “We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill … it demands a broader vision, capabilitiesContinue reading “Things I Learned from My Father”
Empathy and Mean Memes
“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems.” ~ Stephen Covey “The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.” ~ Oprah Winfrey “I alwaysContinue reading “Empathy and Mean Memes”
Thank You Harper Lee
“Success should always call for showing greater kindness, generosity and justice; only people lost in the darkness treat it as an occasion for greater greed.” ~ Cyrus the Great “Words, in my humble opinion, are our most inexhaustible source of magic.” ~ Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 “You never really understandContinue reading “Thank You Harper Lee”