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Today's
quotation:
There is always something to do.
There are hungry people to feed,
naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make
well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do
think it's not asking too much for you to love those with
whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call
friend, engage those among you who are visionary and
remove from your life those who offer you depression,
despair and disrespect.
Nikki Giovanni
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Today's
Meditation:
It's
intimidating, isn't it? To think that we may have
some responsibility towards our fellow human beings, to
think that it may be up to us to comfort someone we hardly
know, or to give something to someone we don't really like
that well. Our purpose in life is not to save the
world, of course, but to be there for those who need
us. Unfortunately, we tend to limit our ideas of who
needs us to a very few people, while the truth of the
matter is that everyone needs us or our talent or our
compassion and caring. We may not want to see that
fact because of the tension involved in such a huge
responsibility, but there it is: it's true.
But
we've heard this idea before, about making sure that we
love those who surround us and live with us, giving them
encouragement and caring and attention. None of
these things cost anything but a little time and effort,
yet it's so easy for us not to do them because we have the
idea that things are fine with them.
But
maybe they're not. How many people have committed
suicide when no one they knew had any idea that they had
suicidal thoughts? How many people have suffered
from depression when no one else saw what they were going
through because they hid it so well?
The
people we're with need us, just as we need them. And
we have the awesome and incredible potential of being
positive influences in their lives, just by sharing our
love and caring with them. What can you give
today? To whom can you give it? Perhaps these
are the most important questions that we should be asking
ourselves.
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