| Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.14 We confirm our reality by sharing.15 Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.16 Remember that I will always share my spoon with you 2 |
We are never more disconnected from others
than when we are disconnected from ourselves.11
The greatest good you can do for others
is not just to share your riches
but to reveal to them their own.12
We are not separate and independent entities,
but like links in a chain,
and we could not by any means be what we are
without those other links.13
than when we are disconnected from ourselves.11
The greatest good you can do for others
is not just to share your riches
but to reveal to them their own.12
We are not separate and independent entities,
but like links in a chain,
and we could not by any means be what we are
without those other links.13
Each day is a new canvas to paint upon.
Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,
so that at the end of the day you don't look at it
and wish you had painted something different.1
A holy man
was having a conversation with God one day
and said,
"God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."
God led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one of them and the holy man looked in.
In the middle of the room was a large round table.
In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew,
which smelled delicious
and made the holy man's mouth water.
The people sitting around the table
were thin and sickly.
They appeared to be famished.
They were holding spoons with very long handles
that were strapped to their arms
and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew
and take a spoonful.
But because the handle was longer than their arms,
they could not get the spoons into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered
at the sight of their misery and suffering.
God said,
"You have seen Hell."
They went to the next room and God opened that door.
It was exactly the same as the first one.
There was the large round table
with the large pot of stew
which made the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons,
but here the people were well nourished and plump,
laughing and talking.
The holy man said,
"I don't understand."
“It is simple,"
said God,
"it requires but one skill.
You see, they have learned to feed each other.
The greedy think only of themselves."2
Love is the difficult realization
that something other
than oneself
is real.3
The hunger for love
is much more difficult to remove
than the hunger for bread.4
One cannot give what he does not possess.
To give love you must possess love.
To love others
you must love yourself.5
Often we have no time for our friends
but all the time in the world
for our enemies.6
You will find as you look back upon your life
that the moments when you have really lived
are the moments when you have done things
in a spirit of love.7
Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,
so that at the end of the day you don't look at it
and wish you had painted something different.1
A holy man
was having a conversation with God one day
and said,
"God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."
God led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one of them and the holy man looked in.
In the middle of the room was a large round table.
In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew,
which smelled delicious
and made the holy man's mouth water.
The people sitting around the table
were thin and sickly.
They appeared to be famished.
They were holding spoons with very long handles
that were strapped to their arms
and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew
and take a spoonful.
But because the handle was longer than their arms,
they could not get the spoons into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered
at the sight of their misery and suffering.
God said,
"You have seen Hell."
They went to the next room and God opened that door.
It was exactly the same as the first one.
There was the large round table
with the large pot of stew
which made the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons,
but here the people were well nourished and plump,
laughing and talking.
The holy man said,
"I don't understand."
“It is simple,"
said God,
"it requires but one skill.
You see, they have learned to feed each other.
The greedy think only of themselves."2
Love is the difficult realization
that something other
than oneself
is real.3
The hunger for love
is much more difficult to remove
than the hunger for bread.4
One cannot give what he does not possess.
To give love you must possess love.
To love others
you must love yourself.5
Often we have no time for our friends
but all the time in the world
for our enemies.6
You will find as you look back upon your life
that the moments when you have really lived
are the moments when you have done things
in a spirit of love.7
| In your association with others, put yourself in their place. Enter into their feelings, their difficulties, their disappointments, their joys and their sorrows. Identify yourself with them, and then do to them as, were you to exchange places with them, you would wish them to deal with you.8 If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.9 |
We can not do great things.
We can only do little things
with great love.10
We can only do little things
with great love.10
Credits:
[1] ~Author Unknown
[2] -A Holy Man -anon
[3] ~Iris Murdoch
[4] ~Mother Teresa
[5] ~Leo Buscaglia
[6] ~ Leon Uris
[7] ~Henry Drummond
[8] ~Unknown
[9] ~Jack Kornfield
[10] ~Mother Teresa
[11] ~Padre Klaas
[12] ~Benjamin Disraeli
[13] ~Thomas Mann
[14] ~The Dalai Lama
[15] ~Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
[16] ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Music: Love
Contributed by Bill Eagle
[1] ~Author Unknown
[2] -A Holy Man -anon
[3] ~Iris Murdoch
[4] ~Mother Teresa
[5] ~Leo Buscaglia
[6] ~ Leon Uris
[7] ~Henry Drummond
[8] ~Unknown
[9] ~Jack Kornfield
[10] ~Mother Teresa
[11] ~Padre Klaas
[12] ~Benjamin Disraeli
[13] ~Thomas Mann
[14] ~The Dalai Lama
[15] ~Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
[16] ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Music: Love
Contributed by Bill Eagle
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