Giving Joy

“If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that–warm things, kind things, sweet things–help and comfort and laughter–and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.” 

**A Little Princess

Daily Motto

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” 

**Dalai Lama XIV

In Their Shoes

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” 

**Socrates

Verbal Silence

“Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it’s not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra on that account, without bothering you by telling you all the time how sorry she is for you.” 

**The Railway Children

Sharing Kindness

“If you can’t return a favor, pass it on.”

** Louise Brown

Inner Fashion

“A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.”
**Anne Roiphe

Nice Thoughts (Or Nothing at All)

“Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.”

**Federick Faber