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Today's
Quotation:
I
hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will
have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked
for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those
who were in need; that I will have left the earth a better place
for what I've done and who I've been.
C.
Hoppe
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Today's
Meditation:
It's
really pretty cool to think of the idea of us leaving the
world a better place when we die. It's really a pretty
easy task, too, for there are many, many ways that we can
improve life on this planet. What do you think you
would accomplish if you were to encourage a young person as
often as possible over the next twenty years or so?
Would that boy or girl grow up to make a positive
contribution to the world? And would that contribution
then be indirectly, partly yours?
If
I were to pick up five pieces of litter a day for the next
ten years, that would make over 18,000 pieces of litter that
I've helped to send on their way to landfills, beautifying
places where I live and visit. If I regularly give of
food or money or clothing to people who need it, I'll be
contributing acts of kindness that may help those people to
see life in a brighter, more positive way.
My
greatest achievements will have little or nothing to do with
money or fame or power-- I can almost guarantee you
that. But I do hope that they have something to do
with sharing courage and hope and enthusiasm and love.
And I hope that I never turn back from sharing out of fear
of not having enough for myself or my family. Risk is
an important part of life, and the life without risk is a
limited life, indeed.
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