Life is some of sorrow, some of bliss. One hour may bring me peace of mind, Another send me for it to find. Today I
may happy be, As
the clock does go around, Though life is some
good, some bad,
We must care about something or somebody. It is dark, cold, and terrifying unless we do. The dragons all come at us unless we care.
All people have
need of this fountain flowing from
the breast of human kind.
Wherever one comes in contact
with people one knows that
somewhere among them there are
those who can understand, those
who have the capacity to feel
compassion. All over the earth,
thank God, the wondrous gift of
understanding can be found. May
understanding never pass
away. Darkness is only the
beginning of the horrors
encountered in a world devoid of
understanding. Wherever there are
human beings I must believe, I am
persuaded to believe, there is
understanding. I dread to think of
life in this world the day that is
not so. Human beings with
understanding never ridicule
others, never cast the first
stone, they never turn their back
on the desolate and poor, nor
become cold like the stones. Human
beings with understanding remember
their own mistakes and forgive the
mistakes of others. They are more
ready to listen than to condemn,
to believe than to deny, to love
than to hate, and to speak of hope
than to speak of despair. Those
who have understanding are
fortunate to have it, and even
more fortunate are those who come
in contact with
them.
You have chased all my cares away. And I am happy That you have been given to me. Good morning
sunshine! Good morning song
bird! Good morning blue sky! Good
morning my hill! Good morning old
oak!
It is a wondrous trail to
happiness when we care for others.
it is a darksome trail to despair
when we do not care for others.
There is beauty along the way when
we care for people, but the way of
the uncaring and selfish heart is
ugly everywhere he goes. The
spirit of caring is the spirit of
life. The spirit of selfishness is
the spirit of death. When we care
we give life and we receive life,
but when we are uncaring we give
death and we receive death. Each
time we act selfishly without love
for others we lose a part of the
beauty in life, a part of the
divine, a part of heaven. When
we care for others we know
intuitively that we are doing the
right thing and going the right
way. How blessed it is to have a
loving and humble heart which can
care. How terrible it is to have a
hateful heart, and a stubborn will
and blind pride which cannot
care.
One need
not be told that kindness is best.
One need only perform an act of
kindness to know it is best, or be
shown kindness. There is a feeling
inside better than all other
feelings when one is truly
kind. Why are so many people in
this world of ours angry and sad?
It is because they do not show
kindness. They say no one is kind
to me, so why should I be kind to
others? It is a simple recipe
tried and true, one must be kind
to be happy. One may be
surrounded by angels treating one
with profound respect and
admiration, and be unkind and be
unhappy, while on the other hand
one may be surrounded by a band of
devils insulting and annoying one
beyond the point of human
endurance and be kind and be
happy. Why are there so many
cruel and hardhearted? It is just
because these poor creatures have
forgotten or never did know how to
be kind. I call them poor because
it is a pitiful state they are in
unable to experience the great joy
that comes from being kind.
Kindness is instinctive. I mean
the young are kind before they are
cruel. Cruelty is a thing learned,
while kindness is a gift from God
at birth which if given a chance
will bloom.
This is not only a battle among
nations, but among individuals,
and within individuals. One side
is beaten down only to arise again
andagain as some instrument for
that cause stronger than before
stands in triumph for an instant
over the other. Good, the one
that must triumph in the end, has
had its many martyrs, those who
have fought and died for it, those
who lived for the sake of good,
and opposed evil no matter what it
cost them. Evil is a disease which
not only infects those who possess
it, but those who accept it. The
only ones who escape being
contaminated by evil are those who
detest the very sight of it. He
who can live with evil and accept
evil around him without ever
lifting a hand to destroy that
evil is himself a servant of evil.
It is slow and sometimes painful,
this battle for good, but he who
gives up may not only lose
himself, but who knows how many
others?
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