I hope these thoughts give you something to ponder while you enjoy your morning beverage. As you go about your day, I invite you to take some time to reflect on your observations. Consider if there’s anything you can do to enhance your life, such as looking into the mirror and appreciating yourself. You may also find a way to make the world more beautiful with a simple act of kindness, like holding the door open without expecting a thank you. You may also want to consider if you have a gift to share with the world. Perhaps you have some untapped talent you may regret wasting, as we sometimes do with unused towels or our good china. I hope you find them enjoyable and return for more tomorrow.
Do you have a Love List?
We all love someone or something. And most of us love more than one person or thing.
We love our family, friends, pets, and probably our homes and gardens.
But do you love outside your circle? Can you have compassion for someone that you do not know? How about an animal in distress? What about our beautiful planet?
Are you on your love list? Do you show yourself compassion? Loving ourselves can be difficult but necessary. The more we can show love to ourselves, the easier it is to show compassion to the rest of the world.
Love is a gift that we are given and asked to share. It can be as simple as having compassion for someone down on their luck, giving an animal a drink of water, or picking up a piece of trash in the park. It may be more substantial, like giving a friend or family member a shoulder to lean on.
We are all here to love, and showing compassion is a way of loving. We will not love everyone and everything in the same way or with the same intensity, and that is all right.
Can you include everyone, yourself, animals, and mother nature, in your love list?
Today’s challenge:
When you want to disparage another, have compassion instead.
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