Mis step in a comment
I wish I didn’t get
if fluffy is my heart
I’ll eat my Seuss hat
levity refreshes
kindness relieves
there are harsh words
I think my Lord grieves
learn from a child
“grown” people rarely do
“a person’s, a person”
and that’s really true
When I was a child we were taught: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”
I’m sure we didn’t understand all the implications but I think they meant “A person can be hurt by inconsiderate words.”
Attribution for Clip Art
A hand offered in silence
a smile to soothe the days
eyes light hope’s tomorrows
cast warm summer rays
you choose to accept another
to greet with friendly smile
burdens often we carry
lighter for two over miles
lean forward into fellowship
melt frost on coldest days
sun breaks the mourning
for God’s gift you can never pay
I am daily graced by the kindness of others. The gesture need not be a grand one but just in a simple act, a smile, a word kindly spoken. The difference can have a profound effect on a person’s day. Try it!
“Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.:
~Proverbs 3:3
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”
~Ephesians 4:32
With open hands tho little here
I offer thanks this time of year
tho seasons change and winds grow cold
there’s warmth in smiles of young and old
kindled kindness shared with all
warmly given every fall
gifts of heart like waters flow
from these pools love can grow
foul the water where anger prevails
no tears can quench harsh travails
come look up on bended knee
bountiful is God’s beauty
Today in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving. It may to some be represented in the food eaten but in our hearts it is for the freedoms we enjoy.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Life is a promise; fulfill it. – Mother Teresa
Generosity begins with our recognition of our debt to others.
A person’s true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. Mohammed
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
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Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain. – Helen Keller
Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.
Kindness is like sugar, It makes life taste a little sweeter.
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
At first we hope too much, later on, not enough.
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life is a food bowl jumble how do we begin?
kindness and hope might be a good start
like a fragrant flower, a ripe white peach
blessings flow from each
next a piece of belief and gratitude
fits so nice side by side
in the compote dish
sweetness daily we remind
I waver between what comes from the heart
I’ll pour a bowl of goodness
sprinkled with unpretentious love
in the lives of others do not be remiss
look down the road
but never too far
a hand full of willing
children, reach close to the stars
work each days tapestry
as if its your last
give deep down to the needy
never be greedy
there’s much food for thought
today I’ve tasted a little
pass a morsel to another
never be hard like peanut brittle
Today’s prompt at Poet’s United is Food. I am trying to get back on track getting away from the thought of food (the holidays are a bad influence). “Food for thought” seemed like the kind of basket I could reach into and be well nourished.
All the quotes above are from people or proverbs that have been passed down and were shared on the blog: Every Circle .
May I be motivated to do good
my attitude be cheerful today
my feet be swift to aid another
kindest words from my lips would I say
may my mind not stray toward evil
eyes mirror what is in my soul
that I would accept others as a child
generosity spill forth for poor, young and old
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I just got back from vacation and along the way watched people. What I observed:
With so little effort we can bring cheer and goodness to others as we cross their paths.
How often do you hear a child’s laugh, see her smile and not feel less bothered by the day?
Small kindness can make such a difference in a person’s day.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
1 John 3:18
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
sharing this today with Godinterest and Poets United
No words were needed
car after car rolled by
faces with a smile
a bus driver with thumbs up
several men who stopped
“at your service”
Smoke poured from my hood
it little mattered
I was reminded more times than I could count
that people you will never meet
can be kind, concerned
and I hope that I will never forget
that it requires but a moment
a few words
a smile and a wave
and those gestures
can make all the difference in the world
I spent the evening on the side of the road with a broken down car. I can’t tell you how many people stopped, more offered help as they sat waiting for the light to change. There are so many images of anger and destruction in our news that we forget that people can be considerate and actually take time for a stranger. I was reminded of the verse “Love your neighbor as yourself…” When we look out for the people in our sphere of influence we can actually effect their day positively. I couldnt be upset about my car because I felt people driving by had taken the “sting” out of the situation.
A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Eyes that radiate summer
warm my being in the heart of winter
strong arms hold me back
from running toward another mistake
lovingly you embrace me
though I’m a complexity of errors
Like spring’s friend the firefly
you light the way for others
unaware you humbly beam cheer
spinning daily kindnesses
like the ever dutiful spider
who weaves above my doorpost
I am drawn to your window of beauty
prismatic you make another angle
through life’s aperture
sometimes I spin in circles
and marvel at the inspiration
that you with a word place into the sky
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man flips a coin
chase his own wild dreams
smooth the way for others
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There are men in our world who are loving, kind, honorable. There are also men those who are narcissistic fiends. I am blessed to know (and have known) some exceptional men who have made the journey of life bearable. This is dedicated to – well he knows 🙂
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Writer of children's literature, short stories and poetry
