Tag: understanding

• Intentional Cruelty

  There is enough cruelty in the world.

  Do not add to it unnecessarily.

  You will make mistakes.

  No one is perfect.

  But do your best to not be intentionally cruel.

  And when you slip, own up to it.

  Admit your wrongs.

  Apologize and try to set things right.

  Do not carry the weight of your mistakes with you.

  Life provides enough burdens without you creating your own.

  Seek compassion and understanding, both for others and for yourself.

  Be quick to forgive when you are wronged and be quick to make amends when you wrong others.

  Life is short and it is made shorter by cruelty and resentment.

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  August 22, 2023

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• Truth Will Out

  Not everything that is true needs to be said.

  In fact, most truths are better left unspoken.

  If someone is incorrect about something and they are not asking for you to correct them, it is not your responsibility to do so.

  This is especially true if their mistake or misunderstanding is not harming anyone.

  Just let it be and let them be.

  There are more important things to worry about than another person’s trivial, harmless errors.

  Keep in mind that no one is perfect, least of all you, so give others the space to be wrong.

  We all learn the lessons we need in our own time.

  By having a little bit more patience, understanding, and compassion for others, you will be happier and so will they.

  Life has a way of working these things out anyway.

  You have more important work to do.

  Focus on love and the truth will out.

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  July 24, 2023

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• Making Others Smile

  Learn to make others smile.

  This is not necessarily done by being funny, silly, or goofy, although these have their place, but by caring.

  Make others smile through sincerity and thoughtfulness.

  Through compassion and presence, be the light in another person’s darkness.

  Through understanding and generosity of spirit, be the comfort to someone else’s pain.

  Learn to see and feel what others need and, when possible, be that for them.

  Be there for them.

  Do not do this at the cost of your own health and wellbeing, for sickness does not heal sickness, but give of your abundance and your cup will be refilled tenfold.

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  June 13, 2023

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• A Little Compassion

  The thing someone appears to be upset about may not actually have anything to do with you.

  Simply because someone is upset around you does not necessarily mean that you did something wrong or that you need to intervene.

  Even if another person’s frustration, anger, or irritation are aimed directly toward you, you still may not be the cause of their unrest or dis-ease.

  Humans are complex creatures with complex emotions and complicated thought-lives.

  Relationships are even more complex and complicated.

  What is on the surface is rarely, if ever, the whole truth.

  Be patient, understanding, and open with each other and acknowledge that life is difficult, and relationships are also.

  A little bit of compassion goes a long way.

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  June 2, 2023

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• Knowledge For Living

  Information gathering can become a form of procrastination.

  Do not spend so much time gaining knowledge that you fail to act.

  Progress and growth are built on action.

  Information, knowledge, and data are merely the foundation from which you can make intelligent decisions and take informed action.

  Although it must be noted that sometimes the best information leads us to correctly choose inaction or a change of action, action is and should be the goal of information gathering because life is meant to be lived, not just studied.

  Studying or researching so much that you never do anything is essentially a decision not to live.

  Do the intellectual work.

  Study and gather information as needed, but use the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding you gain to live a better life, not to hide from life.

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  May 27, 2023

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