Can more acts of kindness change the world? and perform miracles? I’m convinced that they can do that, and I’m quoting the words of St. Therese de Lisieux:
“Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden to me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.”
Those petals of roses, you can see them always behind me.
Please share your random and small acts of kindness with us.
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I just wrote about this on my website, in an article titled “How to Do What You Love.” Essentially, I think that when someone does what they are compelled to do… it is their gift to the world and however small, it can affect others and create a ripple effect of kindness in the world.
I was brought up with the theory that energy begets energy, and like brings like. A smile is contagous and so is a frown. It was puonded into my psyche that whatever I put out into the world would return tenfold. This theory permeated my childhood like the aroma of garlic and tomatoes stewing on the stove. And then I learned about physics… For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I began to get scared that for every good dead I had done, every smile I had spread, I was actually CAUSING bad things to happen to someone else. And then I learned about the butterfly effect. I did not want to smile for fear that someone out there may fall into deep depression, I began to worry that if I saved the life of a bug, a human may be sacrificed somewhere else. Whew! Thankfully I read about the Hundredth Monkey Theory and collective conciousness, or critical mass. I then figured that spreading kindness is contagous. If more people who are kind and perform kind acts, more kind acts will grow, until finally it will be all around, infectious. It will click in minds like a whole city of christmas lights set on the same timer, and it will be kindness, not disease that is spread through the air and in our handshakes and hugs.
I have allways thought, if I want to change the world to better, then I should beginn with things and people around me. help my children to be happy, help my husband to live in the way he likes.
and two year ago we found a 10 years old child in Iran who needed our help. we decided to adopt this child. she will be with us in January after such long time engagement and we are all very happy.
I too believe acts of kindness help improve the world. An addition I do believe there are far more acts of kindness then acts of malice by everyday citizens all over the planet. But I am guessing too many of those have the power to effect the larger world around us have not elected to preform acts of kindness.
Many years ago I ordered against my will to seek counseling. Though my employer took legal action. They also refused to allow my health care to cover the cost. So I requested a VA counselor and had to travel to Baltimore, once a week. Though it was free, there was no parking near by. I only had to walk a short distance. Homeless men used to approach and I gave them whatever change I had. On occasion I would talk to them. One day my counselor saw me giving one of the homeless men some money. He was very upset. He did not advocate helping the homeless. He said I was enabling them by my actions. I disagreed to a certain point. I felt I was preforming an act of kindness, charity and compassion. If that homeless man elected to transform that act kindness into self harm. That was a choice he made. His actions are his own doings.
But as general rule acts of kindness generated other acts kindness.
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Puxa Paulo… é foda (pode falar palavrão) ler seu blog, I don’t speak english!!!!
Bjus na testa!
I give wanderer musicians some money while walking pass them.
i’m agree with mattia the confusion between kindness and weakness and the last point also from paul..it’s difficult to accept kindness also..the kindness is not so simple to understand,anyway that’s true those small deeds of kindness we do or we receive give hope.l’effet papillon peut-être?
Yesterday I caused a cab driver to jam-break his vehicle because I tapped (too late!) on his boot to stop him as he was moving off. My objective was to ask him if he knew where a nearby location is, as it is a new building and no one else could point me to the right direction. He said he doesn’t know and we went our separate ways.
10 minutes later, as I was standing at the same location still, waiting for another cab that would stop for me, the same cab stopped in front of me and asked me to get in as he passed by the building I was looking for. In the end, he didn’t even charge me as he insisted it was just nearby.
To me, the cabby is the kindest cabby ever, because he looked out for another person, detoured from his course and gave a free ride to a passanger who gave him a fright. Bless his soul!
Antes que nada felicitarlo por sus obras y aunque aún no las he leido todas sé que así será pues el destino se ha encargado en hacermelas llegar cada una de ellas (con sus distintos mensajes) en el momento indicado.
Si creo que nosotros somos capaces de hacer milagros con nuestras acciones, después de todo, somos hijos de Dios quién actua através nuestro… Como negar que una buena acción, por pequeña que sea, puede cambiar la vida de otra persona? No dicen que con tocar la vida de uno solo podemos cambiar el mundo!
Una sonrisa, un saludo cariñoso, un gesto de amistad pueden hacer la diferencia en el día de alguien. Ahora imaginemos lo que un acto inesperado de amor puede conseguir.
Por mi parte intento poner buena cara en los tiempos dificiles y así estos se vuelven más llevaderos.
Dar los buenos días con una sonrisa en el rostro aunque estemos tristes por dentro puede ser un buen comienzo.
“Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.” – Neitzsche
Kindness, as one of the virtues can possibly change the world, and maybe even create more miracles…but would we still see those as miracles?
This year I’ve decided to keep well away from the tsunami regions.I noticed everytime we go around there , the chickens get very nervous and it impedes the supply of eggs. I am thinking more about sailing along the Bermuda triangle or maybe along the Amazon.
Talking about Amazon, that reminds me about one of the itinerant comment who got that e-mail from Oprah – every Saturday she gets an e-mail from her – it is loaded with useful information and one of them was that latest gadget called “Amazon kindle”. Have you heard of it? I had not.
Anyway it is “wireless portable reading device with instant access to more than 190,000 books (that’ll keep me going for a couple of months)blogs, newspapers, magazines,” you name it . It costs only $359 – my itinerant , a pensioner, had calculated that with her fortnightly income of $200 a fortnight, she’ll be left with $41 for food and pharmaceuticals. On top of that it costs $9.99 for new releases. I guess, you leave it on the mantelpiece until the next fortnight. This could take a lifetime before you read a dozen books. Jeff Bezos (beijos to you) we could do with a few of these on the ARK this Christmas. We also had a virtual look of the Mac Air – good to take onto new shores….so light.
We are on schedule with the Xmas songs. A few tiffs during rehearsal- nothing major though – the cheetah and the baboon did not see eye to eye for a while, everything came back onto sync as soon as the hyena started laughing though. They are only babies, so you have to make allowances for them.I bought a coconut tree for the monkeys – there is a safety helmet when you cross that area – just in case…..
We are currently operating at our maximum with all the homeless and illegals. We need a bigger boat if this keep going.
We all get along like a house on fire. It is such a good life , everybody pitch in and do their max. You cannot ask for anything more.
Love to all
Yours in the Ark
well..it seems that i am the 140th person that talks about good deeds…now it comes to mind the trip i took to Brasov(I am from Romania). There,in Brasov,there is the so called Black Church. at the entrance you had to pay for tickets,and me and my companion were almost broke then..so we were staying in front of the church,gazing in..and as we were looking in(not begging) from the entrance,two guys came out of the church and handed me 2 almost new tickets( it was really hard to see the fact that they were used before).and with those tickets,we got to see the beautiful Black Church…So “Thank You”strangers for your good deed.
I’ve made like a habit to give some money to a deaf boy who offers scented sticks instead.I don’t need them,but it gives me a bit of joy to see him smile,or salute me..I only regret i don’t know their “language” so i can talk with him..
I remembered now what I was taught in school,at “religion” class: “never to boast about ones good deeds..they should be kept between him/her and God”,and that he/she would be rewarded in Heaven for them.So i conclude saying that you should do at least 3 good deeds per day,for your souls. Good night!(it’s 3 30 am here now).
I am sure I don’t tell you something new. You know you are changing life. On purpose, or not….it just happens…
And this is the way you’ve done good deeds….It seems that a petal touched me that day….
I am one of those people who’s life has been changed because of your books. The Alchemist. I was on the point of giving up my training as a surgeon- a very difficult one. I thought that maybe I am not able to do it! reading about the way beginings can be tough, and this is only a try… I succeded…and i am doing my best trying to help the others…..
i would like to share my joy of the existence of mr.Paulo Coehlo,and thank him for all the great acts of good deeds he makes,like creating this wonderful space where and creating all his magnificent books.
i don*t live in my own country,am a foreighner in onother,and the thing that saves me from getting bad and orrible person are the books.always leave me wishing to do good things and trying to do them,although the people call me crazy.
i would like to thank also to all of u who write there.i spent wonderful time
isn*t there a chat space where i can talk with normal people?
thanx to all
If you want to be kind, you will be. Everything is up to the person itself and everyone can show acts of kindness.
Sometimes the smaller they are, the more meaningful they turn out to be; an honest smile, a lending hand, a warm embrace, a giving heart.
Most of the preceding 139 comments seem to assume that “kindness” is something objective, that we’re all agreed on.
If asked “can you be kind or unkind to an animal”, most of these posters would undoubtedly answer “yes” without hesitation. But what is the answer when you delve a bit deeper?
How would you behave kindly toward a mosquito in your house; an aphid, a slug, or a caterpillar in your vegetable garden, a parasite in your body; or a hungry wolf, bear, or feline tearing at your flesh or that of someone you love?
And how do you practice kindness when besieged by human predators: torturers, sadists, murderers, rapists, thieves, etc.?
Very few people feel any urge to practice acts of kindness in the above situations. Why? Because acts of kindness are an idle pursuit, like putting spare change in a piggy bank.
The only certain “good” that comes from all acts of kindness is that the actor feels better momentarily.
It follows that the only comprehensive definition of an “act of kindness” is that it is a laudable response toward a fellow creature that goes against our nature, the exception that proves the rule. How would you know that you’re acting “kindly” unless it contrasted with your normal mode of behaviour?
So acts of kindness are basically a temporary antidote to guilt. They allow us to maintain a comfortably hypocritical co-existence with social problems we lack the courage to attack at the root.
How can that change the world?
Thank you.
I really noticed the effectiveness of that small and simple sentence when I was a cleaner of a hostel in Adelaide. Every morning I spent 2-3 hours cleaning each room, toilets and the social spaces just so I could stay there for free. It seemed a bit much for so little and of course I grew frustrated of it during one particularly hmm.. let’s say dirty day. After about 3 hours of cleaning and still having lots more to do, a guy who stayed in the hostel said to me: “You’re doing a great job. Good girl!” And every time I went to the room he was staying in, to empty the bin, he sincerily thanked me. I was not expecting it and man did it feel great! So great, I’ve been in love with him for 4 years now. Ha! :D
But anyway, ever since I’ve been thanking everybody even for things that often seem to be taken for granted. And it’s great to see the smile on their face.
It is true that helping,giving and caring for each other is a bit difficult in nowdays.It is easy to say but very difficult to do.We are used to care about our friends and relatives.We do not have the time to look around.Everybody needs acts not words.A small act could be very helpful.All we have to do is to start digging inside ourselves in order to find and change our miserable believes as the superficiality, the ego,the pride and selfishness…More humanity, less materialism…
hi. I,m happy to enter to your blog.
I am iranian and i want to say yo you many people of Iran Love u.
(My English is not so good…Excuse me!)
bye!
Ana-be-good,
Your question intrigued me, “Is there such a thing as trying to hard to be kind?
Are you trying to hard? If you are and still are not satisfy with your work maybe you should try a little less and just let it happen. Ask yourself why are you doing all this? Are you enjoying it? Your studies relates to work with people but are you happy with what you do? Is this truly your call? Has it become a monotony? I believe good deeds should be effortless, come out naturally, from within. If we expect something back from a good deed done, it should be the smile, peace, etc that this good deed brought the individual(s) in need. I do not know your extent of work but I think is a great one, it might not be enough to you but just keep in mind it means so much to the individuals you help. Every little that we do builds up into something much greater. The world was not created in one day you know, but you are creating it every day. Try less and do not be tough on yourself because then you will loose the touch you have or once had. I have only work with the homeless maybe once, it was a strong and emotional feeling which I hope to experience many more times. I helped serve them a meal thru my church and in return I had many smiles, many thank you’s. I enjoyed watching them eat and speak with such joy, reminding me to be thankful for what I have, for what I can give, and for being on the other side of the table. I don’t know if I do many good deeds, I might not realize all of them. In my hardest times, I’ve always been provided. What else can I ask for? Just to lend and ear, a hand, a shoulder and everything else will come when needed. Just remember do them because this is what you want, this is who you are. And if this is who you are and still doesn’t fulfill you like you are wanting to than ask what would.
I do not know if acts of kindness can change the world, but they can surely make it a better place. I am not only referring to the world surrounding us, but also to the “world” inside us.
the feeling you get after making someone’s life easier, can be pretty healing to the soul. So even if we can not escape our “ego” and act driven by pure altruism, still an act of kindness can be an act of love, and as great men have supported, only if you love yourself, you are able to love the “other”.
still i believe that great deeds are not the issue. i believe it is the small, everyday acts that make the difference, the ones that after a while you wont even notice, the ones that you wont think about afterwards, that will come out naturally and perceived as acts of kindness not by you, but by the others.
Nowadays people confuses kindness for weakness…always getting more and more rude and selfish…this is not love, this is fear.
Can acts of kindness change the world? Surely they can!
Maybe we can’t see immediately their effect, but for a heart full of love, this waiting is a sweet struggle. With hope and faith, keeping spreading love in every thing we do…forgive the wrongs, love more eachothers and themselves, living with the faith for a better world. But the change starts from each of us! I know, it’s a hard choice during hard times…but I’m convinced that one day, using in the right way our love, we could make this a better place!
Keep smiling!
Thanks to all of you for giving me, everyday, new emotions to taste!
Peace and respect
Tia
Is there such a thing as trying too hard to be kind?
I’ve been going to school for the longest time, studying psychology, counselling and the such. I work with homeless people on a daily basis and yet it isn’t enough.
It feels like I give and give but at the end of the day, like someone else mentioned earlier, it is most difficult to be kind to oneself.
Perhaps this kind of giving is not altruistic. There is an expectation for something back?
Helping the blind to guide to the door of the metro or tram. / Ayudar a un ciego hacia la puerta del metro o del tram.
Spending time on the internet to look for job opportunities to a friend who has just lost his job. / Pasar tiempo en el internet para buscar oportunidades de trabajo pare un amigo, que viene de perder su trabajo.
Trying to think with the head of others. They may have different motivations. / Aprobar a pensar con la cabeza de los otros. Pueden tener otras motivaciones.
So true. Unexpected kindness with just a little smile or kind words brings tears to my eyes. It can sometimes be so eyesopening experience to a receiving part-like an angel touching us with her soft wing. And it can make a difference that the giver doesn`t have a clue. So small thing to one that makes the kind gesture, giving the seed of kindness forward so it can start a new life in someone elses mind. Like the moment was ment to happen! A small moment can change someones dark perspective so much lighter and makes the world look a little better place. It is a sign of appreciation, every life is special! This is something that everyone can spread – kindness, it really does change the world! Love, Päivi
So i didn’t know if it posted or not xD here goes another try xD
Well i agree with most the people around here…wow actually all!
Random acts of kindness….especially now a days…where there isn’t much of it around, with all the ‘unfairness’ in the world.
One of my encounters with random acts…its mostly in the supermarket..an elderly couple with lots of groceries…i stepped in and asked them to lead the way to the car. I could see how surprised or intimidated they were, i mean here i was a random 16 year old, helping people i dont know. But later on, i told them i just wanted to help, they thanked me, and gave me their blessing and prayers. It was that smile on their face, that just made my day. :) ..there is also the time i left a birthday party my best mate was having…and of course there was a whole lot of balloons left, i collected all what my hands could fit. And walked out the street. Every kid that passed, would look at all the pretty balloons…and i would give it to them for free. They all looked very cute, and their tiny voices saying thank you and giving me hugs. It was just beautiful.
Yeah it makes me happy, and brings a smile to my face, when i do something pretty random. But i had a lot of strangers asking me, if i was retarded or something. Since when does bringing a smile to a random person make one retarded. I am a huge believer in Karma. And i am glad to know that what i do doesn’t go to waste. My friends and myself have a special reunion day. Where we all go out, buy candies and balloons, we literally search for anyone in need of a smile, a hug, help or just some candy :D
~reading it back i can tell now why people think it is retarded..HEY! we are young..and we have a long life ahead of us to act all ‘mature’~
Thanking you for your inspiration,
Sara Ahmed ….all the way from the UAE :)
paulo, i’m from iran. i feel to know u. i’m talking to you some night ! and u answer me every that some night .but u do’nt know it.
Love keep us sane in this crazy and painful world.
Love is there if you want it to be,
you just have to see that it’s wrapped in beauty and hidden away between the seconeds of your life…
if you dont stop for a minute,
you might miss it.
made me thinking…
Thank you…
Sorry, I was typing away and notice I misspelled some words (grateful) being also that English is not my first language.
Thanks to all, Thanks Paulo – Gracias a todos, Gracias Paulo
“Can more acts of kindness change the world? and perform miracles?”
I have to agree with you Paulo, when you say that you are convinced they can do so.
The more acts of kindness can change the world; meaning that if we are the ones performing these acts, then we are the ones changing the world and performing the miracle.
It is in our power to share the greatness & goodness of our souls materializing it thru such acts.
An act of kindness might not be voice by oneself by choice but it spreads just the same way as it would’ve been.
One who is grateful of receiving such act is greatful to share with others the experience, the joy, the pleasure.
Paulo’s work has inspired me in so many ways like I’ve read it has done many. I BELIEVE THIS IS PAULO’S GOOD DEED!
It personally has helped me start my spiritual journey, my soul searching and for that I thank you and for that I add myself to the list of voicing Paulo’s good deed.
But, just like Paulo was my head start and keeps accompanying me thru my journey, so has other authors like Kahlil G, Neale Donald Walsch & God himself. The reason why I have to quote and share the following from the book of Conversations with God.
” No, not all the things which you call bad which happen to you are of your own choosing. Not in the conscious sense-which you mean. They are all of your own creation.
You are always in the process of creating. Every moment. Every minute. Every day. Hou you can create we’ll go into later. For now, just take my word for it-you are a big creation machine, and you are turning out a new manifestation literally as fast as you can think.
Events, occurrences, hapenings, conditions, circumstances-all are created out of consciousness. INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS POWERFULL ENOUGH. You can imagine what kind of creative energy is unleashed whenever tow or more are gathered in My name. AND MASS CONSCIOUSNESS? WHY. THAT IS SO POWERFUL IT CAN CREATE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF WORLDWIDE IMPORT AND PLANETARY CONSEQUENCES.
It would not be accurate to say-not in the way you mean it-that you are choosing these consequences. You are not choosing them anymore than I am choosing them. Like Me, you are observing them. And deciding Who You Are with regard to them.
Yet there are no victims in the world, and no villains. And neither are you a victim of the choices of others.
At some level you have ALL created that which you say you detest-and, having created it, you have chosen it.
This is an advanced level of thinking, and it is one which all Masters reach sooner or later. FOR IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY CAN ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF IT THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THE POWER TO CHANGE PART OF IT.
So long as you entertain the notion that there is something or someone else out there “doing it” to you, you disempower yourself to do anything about it. Only when you say “I DID THIS” can you find the power to change it.
“IT IS MUCH EASIER TO CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING THAN TO CHANGE WHAT ANOTHER IS DOING.
The first step in changing anything is to know and accept that you have chosen it to be what it is. If you can’t accept this on a personal level, atree to it through your understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE. Seek then to create change not because a thing is wrong, but because it no longer makes an accurate statement of WHO YOU ARE. ”
“YOUR POTENTIAL IS UNLIMITED IN ALL THAT YOU’VE CHOSEN TO DO. DO NOT ASSUME THAT A SOUL WHICH HAS INCARNATED IN A BODY WHICH YOU CALL LIMITED HAS NOT REACHED ITS FULL POTENTIAL, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT SOUL WAS TRYING TO DO. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAN ITS AGENDA. YOU ARE UNCLEAR AS TO ITS INTENT.
THEREFORE BLESS EVERY PERSON AND CONDITION, AND GIVE THANKS. THUS YOU AFFIRM THE PERFECTION OF GOD’S CREATION-AND SHOW YOUR FAITH IN IT. For nothing happens by accident in God’s world, and there is no such thing as coincidence. Nor is the world buffeted by random choice, or something you call fate.”
I do believe that one small, unselfish good deed can make a diference in the world… it starts by changing one day of a persons life, and it evolves in a chain of good deeds!!!
I try to do my part in life, little things like giving bread and milk to a hungry child or elderly on the street… but the reward of seeing a smile on those people faces is just amazing!! And I know that one small piece of bread makes a BIG difference in that persons life!!
Kindness, unselfishness, empathy, love… they all go hand in hand!
You are all wonderful people.
I believe in doing good to all no matter of sosial status. give compliments. give smiles.and listen to the ones who want to talk. give a little bit of you. when it is not excpected. kindness and love to you from me
Dearest Paulo and friends,
I’m so uplifted to see how loving and kind you are all. Reading your comments have been nothing but a pleasure.
I can truthfully say i live my life with this philosophy- i am proud to say its how my parents have brought all of us up :)
i am the kind of person who aims not to regret anything, and i must admit in some of these moments, i let the tiniest opportunities pass and i seem to always regret it. Sometimes even the silliest things worry me, days later, for people i don’t even know, i always wonder how i could have made their lives easier if i- picked up their fallen bag or i even just smiled or hugged someone. I don’t like regret, and while i aim to have none, i pray i always have the courage to attempt to act kindly in such moments.
I like, Aditya, don’t really remember every thing i’ve done, not even today. I just try to continue do the best i can- to just stop for moment and think about what the other person is feeling- not me. I try to help the people i know as best i can and i will succeed although i’m not really sure how just yet. Lol. Truth is i want to do certain things to improve lives, its what i wish to do in my life. I believe if you have that option to help someone, no matter who they are, you should help them simply because you can.
Although i’m intrigued with this question Paulo, i must admit this is not one for me. I can understand how talking about one’s goodness can uplift someone and encourage them to continue, but i’m firm believer in one’s deeds and so i don’t need to talk about it. This question made me think of an uncle of mine. He was a simple, absolutely down to earth gentleman who never ever spoke of the good he did. When he died, our entire family, including his son and wife where shocked at the people that showed up to pay their respects. Ministers from all over the country flew in, rich people, poor people, you name it, that man influenced them greatly in one way or another. The man did endless an amount of things such as implementing plans to teach deaf and blind people to become teachers within the blind and deaf society. He was the type of guy who was honoured for this type of work, but would never accept the prize because he didn’t believe in that type of social status. He did everything without anyone knowing- he only did things to help others with no expectations, no publicity. I love and admire him for that. He was a prominent, well respected man in our community, and while i know he is now guiding me, i aim to be like him in many ways.
Thank you for being
Yajna
The questio reminds me of a quote from Kahil Gibran which is one of the greta pieces of writing that stays in my heart:
“There are those who give little of the much they have, and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.
And there are those who have little and give it all.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. There are those who give with pain and that pain is their baptism.
And there are those who give and know no pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue. They give as the flowers spread their fragrance into space.
Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes he smiles upon the earth. And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.”
If there werent small good deeds, what would hold us together???
I write on forums of people needing help or giving my opinion of social issues. Just by making myself a better person, I make the energy of my world better for everyone else.
Love is a miracle..can helps you when you need it!!
to change the word we just need love ( like the beatles use to say!).
Dudo mucho que los actos de bondad puedan cambiar algo, por el simple hecho que las personas que cometen el mal, o que pecan no entienden esa perspectiva, ni ese punto de vista.
Creo nuestra naturaleza más profunda es ser bondadosos, y amables.
Que las personas estamos hechas para amar, para tener sueños, todo se tuerce en la realidad, en el día a día, usando el típico refrán “ojo por ojo, y el mundo acabara ciego”.
Soñamos con un mundo ideal, pero cuando el mal se cruza en el camino, y no hay justicia, no pensamos por igual, envolviéndonos en la locura.
Otra frase típica seria “lo peor que hace una mala persona, es hacernos dudar de las buenas personas”.
Mi pensamiento anda con los ideales de un genio que asesinaron, “la paz solo se halla cuando somos libres de tensiones y cuando existe la justicia”.
Hoy no perdono aquel que peca, pero no le culpo por caer en el odio, la vida es dura, muy rara, y tan distinta como culturas tenemos.
El mundo aún esta diseñado para hacer el mal, solo quedara tiempo para la era del bien, no tengo duda.
Igual cuando el fuego se queda sin oxigeno y apaga sus llamas.
Oh, I wish they could… there’s so little love on this world that even when some are constantly spreading it to others – those others, while receiving, still suspect. If radiation of love can be materialized through hard-energy-things made from heart to heart, why some – while holding the very proof of it – flee away from people!?. We are all lonely – more comments were written about our turning points than cyber bullying. People do have need to share their hearts – think about that.
There is such dis-balance in world. More and more poor people are searching for food in the city bins and cans. And we, the rest of us, certainly do have a surplus sandwich or any food at our homes or bags… So – make balance; and this goes for animals and nature too…
I do believe that small kind acts can change things, maybe not the world at once but sure by time, i recall once a friend was at a ladies rest room, there was a girl, young at age working there, friend left this a girl a tip that was a bit more than the usual tips left by other people, the girl kept thanking my friend and told her ” you can never imagine what you have done by this amount of money”, and how grateful she is, she said this from the bottom of her that my friend thought she has given her a much bigger amount than she thought, but she found out that no, she didn’t, this was when she so that girl holding a book in her hands and she was not just reading but memorizing it, my friend asked her about the book, the girl said that she was studying for she has a final exam two weeks later, my friend decided to really help, and she gave her A LOT of money this time, guess what girl did? she held the money with her eyes openend wide as if it was the 1st time for her to see this amount of money, or to see this number ona banknote, she didn’t say a word, she was only stareing, then came the tears, i guess we can all imagine or even be sure that this money definately
changed somthing in the course of her day, if not of her life, even by adding just a smile, or a tear, it has changed something, don’t you agree?
cool!!:)
from me is a act to warm pepole like Talking with power to them and laughing with power with them.
Paulo, i need you and you need me of course.
Please send a message to me and start with how you think of this.
my english is too week now but i will improve this.
and you now that there is a language that most matter.
s.ali araby
s.a.araby@gmail.com
Hi Paulo and Everyone,
Acts of kindness and goodwill can and do change the world, specifically so if they are made in the sense of loving without any condition and hence free from personal motivation.
This makes for a climate that is warm supportive and encourages growth for all concerned, back to Zen and the art of gardening. It is much easier to do things when the sunshine of a smile beams upon us.
Thoreau (I think) wrote “It takes two to tell the truth; one to tell it and another to hear it.”
It is relatively easy to say nice things to people all the time. It is a lot harder to tell a friend when and how they are behaving strangely. One act of kindness of mine was let someone know that I felt they were being lazy and could achieve more. He later told me that this had motivated him to complete his studies and influenced his choice of supervisor for his Ph.D. I hadn’t actually intended to have this impact. It just happened.
Following on from Rebecca; learning to love your self is the greatest love of all
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4SUl-K1Do
For in learning to love ourselves we truly can act without any condition.
With love in this season of good will,
Alan
“L’important c’est la rose”. G. Becaud
so.. I don’t know English very well but I want say something too ;) HMM.. One thing about the words.. It is one of the best things on the world with the life gave us. feelings, emotions.. everything in our small heads.. It is imposible.. People are so interesting.. So when you sit in the car and you are drivin’ so fast, faft, faster and faster.. what do you think? I wrote some day something about that.. So.. Imagine.. Close your eyes.. And in your head say: the car is staing on the street.. But at the same time, when your eyes are closed that car is driving faster and faster.. Put your hands on rour knee and don.t touch the big circle infront of you.. What you are feeling? fear or happy? The car was not stop when you ask of it.. On your website I read that the lucky is happy for you.. But don’t you think that lucky is mean everything? DYE, PAIN, SMILE..? everything is for something.. I can’t explain that in english :P but I tried.. so I wish you many of lucky in your life.. but i think so that you know the lucky is with us everytime:)
i do not leave my mail.. mirel109@op.pl
i believe that doing good is not for others, but for ourselves. however big or small, our good deeds will have the same meaning if we do with all of our heart.
thx for this precious gift…thx for remind me & all of us day after day, thx so much!
so.. I don’t know English very well but I want say something too ;) HMM.. One thing about the words.. It is one of the best things on the world with the life gave us. feelings, emotions.. everything in our small heads.. It is imposible.. People are so interesting.. So when you sit in the car and you are drivin’ so fast, faft, faster and faster.. what do you think? I wrote some day something about that.. So.. Imagine.. Close your eyes.. And in your head say: the car is staing on the street.. But at the same time, when your eyes are closed that car is driving faster and faster.. Put your hands on rour knee and don.t touch the big circle infront of you.. What you are feeling? fear or happy? The car was not stop when you ask of it.. On your website I read that the lucky is happy for you.. But don’t you think that lucky is mean everything? DYE, PAIN, SMILE..? everything is for something.. I can’t explain that in english :P but I tried.. so I wish you many of lucky in your life.. but i think so that you know the lucky is with us everytime:)
Paulo, recebi hoje um E-mail da Elza Nascimento, com relação a minha menssagem Anterior postada nesse mesmo post, e estou lhe escrevendo apenas para lhe agradecer.
Muito obrigado pelo carinho e pela atenção.
Isso em si já é um milagre.
Voltarei a lhe escrever, com o resultado da entrega do Livro, assim como o quadro do Cancer.
Não sou Mago, porém já vejo que voltarei também para escrever lhe relatando um Milagre.
Abraços grandes e tudo de bom!
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