To Save The World, We Need To Make KINDNESS and LOVE OUR MISSION plus enlightening wisdom quotes on the power of kindness
We were all born to love and serve each other with kindness and compassion for the greater good of the world, our beloveds and ourselves
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TO SAVE THE WORLD, WE NEED To MAKE GOODNESS, KINDNESS and LOVE OUR MISSION Plus wisdom quotes about the power of kindness
We are All Born to Love and Serve Each Other with Kindness and Compassion for the Greater Good of Ourselves and the World
Every act of kindness reminds us that people are inherently good.
It is our nature as human beings to be loving, caring and kind…and each one of us is personally the happiest when we are living and acting from our true nature because that is who we really are.
The only way that humanity can work through, overcome and solve all the existential threats to our continuing survival on planet earth is through having as many of us as possible wake up and step forward to make kindness, love and caring our life’s mission.
No matter how many terrible things we hear about on the daily news of people’s cruelty, violence and harm, there are far more acts of goodness and kindness everyday which we don’t hear about.
The beautiful truth is that thousands of people are performing meaningful acts of kindness, great and small, around the world every day.
If these stories were told with as much fervor and dedication that news outlets put into broadcasting the latest horrifying things, people everywhere would be inspired to do even more good and kindness would become a worldwide pandemic.
The truth is that our human civilization is as good as it is for all of us, because of all the good people focused on being kind and doing good things in their day to day lives.
Our civilization would collapse without them and their acts of loving kindness and compassion.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien
It is good ordinary people doing acts of kindness that brings love, light and hope to others and the world.
Though we all look up to heroes who do extraordinary things to save lives, as well as all the fire fighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses and first responders who have dedicated their lives to serving others, we also need to be inspired by their example.
“We are blessed to be surrounded by angels in human form, who are normal people who have been transformed by their own loving heart to serve others and make their positive impact for the good of the world, who often work unknown and behind the scenes, but who are actually on the frontlines day after day, doing whatever they can possibly do to help others.”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
We need for all of us who are living, breathing human beings in all walks of life to answer the calling on their hearts to serve others with kindness and compassion, especially now when humanity is facing so many threats to its continuing existence on our planet home.
Kindness and compassion is not just a nice thing to do to make you feel good.
Our very survival and ability to thrive depends upon all of us waking up to the necessity of being kind and taking care of each other or the world of the future will be a terrible place of deprivation and disaster.
If we really want life to be good for our children and our children’s children in the future, we must take up the practice love, kindness, caring and compassion towards everyone and all living beings today before its too late.
15 QUOTES ABOUT THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF KINDNESS WHICH WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART
“Unless we take care of the good of all, there will be no good for anyone at all! Treat every living being lovingly and Love alone becomes your reality.” —Chinmayan
“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” —Goethe
“A kind word is like a spring day after a long hard winter.” —Russian Proverb
‘I know in my heart that man is good…that what is right will eventually triumph…and that there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” —Ronald Reagan
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won.” —Gandhi
“Kindness and compassion…challenge our sense of self limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open and we become free to love ourselves and be love in the world again.” —Sharon Salzberg, Author of bestseller book “Loving Kindness”
“Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that someday someone might do the same for you.” —Princess Diana
“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.” —Buddha
“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s Life.”—Jackie Chan
“Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether its being done to him or by him.” —Frank A. Clark
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, A listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of kindness, All of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Leo Buscaglia
“I have no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of Human beings.” —Pearl S. Buck
“I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can’t do without them.” —Brigitte Bardot
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same Again.” -Og Mandingo
“You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it Will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
A BEAUTIFUL and HEART OPENING VIDEO FOR YOU….about the long term repercussions of a single act of kindness over many years….
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“A GLASS OF MILK” a short video story of how one act of kindness transformed lives over decades
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