I hope you’re having a terrific week!

Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday. Maya really is a marvel who has led quite an interesting and exciting life. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was “exciting.” Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day…like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first. The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words. “I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow…I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights… I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life… I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a ‘life’… I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance… I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back… I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision… I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one… I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back… I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn… I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato

You cannot do a kindness too soon
because you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kindness is more than deeds.
It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch.
It is anything that lifts another person.
Neil Strait

Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Scott Adams

Kind words can be short and easy to speak
but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
Goethe

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

A few weeks ago, I posted The Holstee Manifesto Poster, This is Your Life.  Today, I’m posting their video they creatively made from their poster.  This Lifecycle video calls everyone to live a life full of intention, passion, and community.

This is your life, what are you going to do with it?

When, at some point in our lives, we meet a real tragedy —which could happen to any one of us — we can react in two ways. Obviously, we can lose hope, let ourselves slip into discouragement, into alcohol, drugs, and unending sadness. Or else we can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.

-The Dalai Lama

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
-Confucius

We all have a choice in life’s struggles… stay where you are or grow from it. Stay in the pit or get out. Stay in the dark or come into the light. Be alone or be with others. Be defeated or have hope. Be bitter or forgive. This week, make the choice to pull up your bootstraps and climb out of the pit.
Then surround yourself with beauty, life and love.
–susie lee

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”
-Bob Marley On How To Love A Woman

“It is love that fashions us into the fullness of our being-not our look, not our work, not our wants, not our achievements, not our parents, not our status, not our dreams.  These are all the fodder and the filler, the navigating fuels of our lives; but it is love:  who we love, how we love, why we love and that we love which ultimately shapes us.”
-Daphne Rose Kingma

Love unconditionally. Always.
-Susie Lee