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Today's
Quotation:
A little friendship, a little sympathy, a little
sociability,
a little human
toil. . . is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if
there is not some place where
you may invest your humanity.
Albert Schweitzer
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Today's
Meditation:
Every
day as we go through life, we're presented with countless
opportunities to "invest our humanity" by sharing
the best parts of it with other human beings who always
could use a little more of the positive things that we're
able to give to each other if we really try. It
doesn't always take a huge amount of effort, and in fact may
cost us a bare minimum of time. We may never even see
the results, but we know in our hearts that this type of
giving can be the most important type of giving there is.
Can
you share your smile today? Can you give a little bit
of encouragement to people that you know? Can you
spend a little time listening to someone who needs someone
to talk to? Can you pass on a little card thanking
someone for something they've done? Perhaps a sincere
compliment will come to mind, or maybe you'll be able to
tell someone else of something kind that someone has done
for you.
We
tend to put little importance on such acts, partly because
we rarely see concrete results. But sharing a bit of
friendship or a little sympathy may be the most important
investment of time and thought that we make in the world
today, even if we never find out what the act has done for
the other person or people involved. I know that in my
life, a sincere compliment that I receive is something that I carry with me
for a long time, and while it's fresh in my mind my life is
just a little bit brighter. I'm also much more likely
to do a nice turn for someone else after someone has done a
kindness for me.
Who
knows? Your compliment today may end up spreading to
three or four other people, who may end up spreading it even
further, who may end up. . . .
Where
can you invest your humanity today?
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