Will never come close to the overall positive impact that…
…Will have.
We sometimes do the former (consciously and unconsciously) thinking that it’s for a greater good… but, the real greater good comes from doing the latter.
P.s. Want to really change your world? Become a modern day alchemist.
Things you can do today for a better tomorrow MINUS the grandiosity and IN SPITE of being busy:
Just because *the* world is presenting the opposite doesn’t mean *your* world has to.
Shield yourself from *the* world by becoming an atmospheric influence in your own right.
P.s. Here’s a list of 101 Acts of Kindness That’ll Help Recalibrate The World.
What thought(s) significantly changed your life for the better? …For the worst?
Good. Now never forget the power of your thoughts.
What’s one of the most powerful things you’ve ever been told? …Most hurtful things?
Good. Now never forget the power of your words.
Who has had one of the biggest influences on your life? …One of the worst?
Good. Now never forget the power of influence you have on all of those around you.
Wishing the world was a better place is nice—but not useful.
Complaining about how bad of a place the world is—is the opposite of useful.
Talk is cheap. And what our world needs is far from cheap…
What we need is the good stuff… the gold… what we need is more do-something-about-it.
I asked: What’s ONE thing you’ve either added or subtracted from your life that led to more inner peace? Here are the answers. I hope they help.
There are no perfect people helping imperfect people.
Only imperfect people helping other imperfect people.
Don’t let perfectionism hold you back from helping—it’s a lie.
You’ll always be imperfect and now is always a good time to help—no matter how imperfect you may feel.
Today’s post was inspired by this tweet from Jeremy Ginn. Thank you.
Have you ever been the target of a random act of kindness?
Have you ever wondered how far back the inspiration for that act goes?
Maybe not far at all.
Maybe that stranger just spontaneously acted.
Or maybe it goes back centuries… back to a medieval time when a farmer gave a homeless fellow some crops for free—just because. And they paid it forward and so did the next fellow and so on.
Maybe kindness ripples through time like waves in a pond—temporarily elevating each water particle touched by the wave until gracefully returning them back to where they started.
Maybe it’s that temporary elevation that gives us the perspective we need to carry on with a lighter heart; a more caring heart; a more kind heart.
For it is only when we are elevated that we can more clearly see what was holding us back down below. And we gain an understanding that becomes a new guiding light for when we find ourselves back down—as we inevitably will in life.
But, we are not lowered to where we started—no.
We are lowered with new eyes. Eyes that have seen and felt an existence at a higher plane. And once we see what is up above, we can’t unsee it; once we feel what is up above, we can’t unfeel it.
And maybe this is the cause of perpetual kindness. People infectiously sharing what elevated them, onward and outward to the outer banks of society and for the duration of all time.
And maybe all we need to do to activate that sometimes seemingly dormant desire is remember that beautiful perspective we each once had.
I am forever A seed planter Burying potential in the endless mud Of our collective mind Some will grow Many will die What comes to be Isn’t for me to judge or define I am not sun I am not nutrients I am not water I am forever a seed planter What’s planted In the mud Of your mind Is for the elements Of your life To nurture or decline