Nice thoughts

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard.

Be someone who cares, and you will be loved.

Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed.

Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise.

Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.

Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected.

Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.

Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich.

Be someone filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which you'll be thankful.

Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly shines.

Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to be.

Quotes..Good Thoughts

Here's a collection of some of my favorite quotes.  I'm always adding to it.  If you have a favorite you'd like to add you can email me or add it as a comment to a post.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.--Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Believe it is possible to solve your problem.  Tremendous things happen to the believer.  So believe the answer will come.  It will. --Norman Vincent Peale

Be the change that you want to see in the world.--Mohandas Gandhi

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

You must do the thing you think you cannot 

do.--Eleanor Roosevelt 

It's never too late to be what you might have been.--George Ernst

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost;  that is where they should be.  Now put the foundations under them.--Henry David Thoreau

We are pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world.--Mother Teresa

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. --Rabbi Harold Kush

Nothing unless first a dream.--Carl Sandburg

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity into smiles.--Washington Irving

The best way to have good ideas is to have lots of ideas.--Linus Pauling

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.--Martin Luther King,  Jr.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;  they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.-- Marcel Proust

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.--Julia Cameron

Maintaining a complicated life is a great way to avoid changing it.--Elaine St. James

It takes a long time to become young.--Pablo Picasso

Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.--Plato

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.--Eleanor Roosevelt

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.--Helen Keller

Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.--Anonymous

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.--Dr. Seuss

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.--Mohandas Gandhi

Peace begins with a smile.--Mother Teresa

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.--Albert Einstein

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.--Albert Schweitzer

For happiness is anyone and anything at all that's loved by you. —Charlie Brown from Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz

“The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do”-- Orison Swett Marden

Art is neither a profession or a hobby.  Art is a Way of being.--Frederick Franck

Good works are links that form a chain of love.--Mother Teresa

 “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Real winners achieve their success through honest hard work" - Rajesh, Trippalur, Palakkad

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."-- Mother Teresa

Silence is the language God speaks, and everything else is a bad translation.--Father Thomas Keating

"The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you, and you don't know how or why."--Albert Einstein 

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”  —Plato

“Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.”  —Mary Engelbreit, artist

“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ”-- Nelson Mandela

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength. -- Corrie Ten Boom

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thornton Wilder

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.”--Henry Van Dyke

  

The earth laughs in flowers.  --Ralph Waldo Emerson

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.--Rachel Carson

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”—Voltaire

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.--Sir Walter Scott

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.--Mohandas Gandhi 

"Dwell in possibility."-- Emily Dickinson

"Imagination precedes fact."--C.S. Lewis

 “No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side.”—Zig Ziglar

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”--Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US President

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. --Jim Elliot

“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” --Albert Einstein

No one has ever become poor by giving.--Anne Frank

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside,dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.--Carl Jung

 “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”-Mohandas Gandhi

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

“We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessing of peace.”--—William Gladstone

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.--Rabindranath Tagore

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! --Ruth Ann Schabacker

"The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart." --Menius

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. - William Arthur Ward“Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure. Be Kind.” —Debbie Coulter 

"When you carry out acts of kindness, you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, 'Yes, this is how I ought to feel.'" -- Harold Kushner  

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." --Joseph Addison

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” —Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~Dr. Seuss  

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~William Penn

You were born an original. Don't die a copy." --John Mason

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea. --Robert Brault

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Artmaking is making the invisible, visible. -- Marcel Duchamp
 

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. -- William James

The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb

The best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. -- William Wordsworth

My childhood may be over, but that doesn't mean playtime is. --Ron Olson

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? -- Pablo Picasso 

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” 

Create Peace In The World

Be the gentle sovereign of your own mind! Choose to think happy thoughts. When negative, judgmental thoughts enter, say, “Thank you for sharing,” to your imaginative mind and move on. Practice focusing on the positive. You will create more peace in the world by being peaceful to yourself and those around you.When negative people invade your space, evaluate why you need their judgments or abusive language in your life. You are not doing yourself a favor by allowing negative talk in your presence. You can let the negative talkers know that you need peace in your life, and ask them to stop abusive or negative behavior and language.Let go if they can't stop the negativity. Send them love as you let them go. Whatever is going on with the person is not about you. By remaining centered and not judging, you can make the best decisions for yourself and for the other person.Remember that negative people who “push our buttons” are here to teach us that we have much work to do on creating peace within. Let go of all negative influences in your life so that you can build your own blissful, enlightened self. In the meantime, practice compassion with everyone you meet.Communicate from a place of love rather than lack. Remember no one is perfect.Take time for yourself to sit quietly and cultivate inner peace.Enjoy nature! Take walks in parks and local forests to connect to the earth. Say hello to people you meet on the path. Take time to appreciate a tree.Reach out to your neighbor with a homemade apple pie or some delicious veggie chili. Keep in mind that we are all connected. While you are cultivating peaceful thoughts and writing letters to help people across the globe, don’t forget those who live in the next house.Speak with peace. Yelling creates creates negative energy and harmful chemicals reactions in your body. Turn down the volume.
Take time to laugh. Laughter creates happy endorphins in the brain and spreads joy to others. Create more peace within yourself everyday and then let that peace and joy spread to those around you.Find your faith that all will be well. One thing that we can control is how we choose to react to the world around us.We are capable of self-reflection and adjusting our behavior to better serve ourselves and the community. If you have lost your faith in the yourself or the world around you, search for it.Breathe deeply as often as possible. Your new peaceful mind, body and soul vibration will be felt by the world.

Learn Meditation

Why has meditation been the core practice of all wisdom paths for over two thousand years? Because it is the most effective method to access your innate wisdom, rediscover inner peace and enhance your creative ability. Meditation restores well being, and once your being is well again, all that you do will be successful and fulfilling. But maybe you think you are OK as you are. Perhaps you feel your being is well. But is it. Do you feel tense, worried, hopeless, mentally tired, emotionally upset...ever? Then your being is not well. Your body may be OK but you, the being, is unwell. Medication is for the body, and meditation is for the soul, that's you, and for your mind. Learning how to meditate is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself. Practising meditation says you care about yourself. Being in meditation can touch the minds and hearts of others a thousand miles away. It actually says that you care about others too. But first...your self.

A Calm Mind...

Don't give your mind permission to get disturbed. A disturbed mind is easily influenced. This will cost you your peace. Learn to maintain your peace by freeing yourself from attachments. Competing or comparing yourself with others will not allow you to focus inwards. An inner focus allows you to keep your eye on your higher self. Remember your original nature. It allows you to forge a link with the Divine. Then it becomes easy to recognise useless thoughts and replace them with a spiritual perspective. A calm mind is not just peaceful, it is focused, self-directing and Divine.