"Kindness is a decision. It’s a decision to incline the heart toward goodwill for all beings, especially those that are suffering in ignorance, knowingly or unknowingly." - Ruth King
To spread joy, you have to have it. To impart delight, you have to be more or less delightful. And to be delightful is not some factor of trying to make yourself look delightful, it is to do things that are delightful to you. You thereby become delightful to others.
“Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible.” ~@ANNELAMOTT
Enlightenment could be defined as the absence of resistance to what is, the total intimacy with whatever is taking place, without any desire to reject or replace it. - Rupert Spira
Days after the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade leak, @AbbyWambach gave this speech to the 2022 graduates of @LoyolaMarymount, a Catholic University.
She was scared, but spoke for her little Catholic gay girl self.
You won’t believe how it ended:
https://t.co/ZHjSH0yd6p
Awareness is both intimate and impersonal – intimate in that it is the very essence of ourself, and impersonal in that it shares none of the qualities of our personal thoughts, feelings, sensations or perceptions. - Rupert Spira
There is so much kindness in the world. It knocks the wind out of me some days. So many kind hearts. So many kind people. So much love. So much care in so many places.