Within each and every one of us slumbers greatness of some sort or another. We might not win a Nobel Prize or an Olympic gold medal, but we can all be a light unto others, ease a path, offer a smile, a sincere compliment, a vital bit of praise and appreciation.
We all daily teach others our value system by our words and deeds and it behooves us at the end of each day to consider what lesson we taught that day. Attitudes are contagious and we leave an emotional wake behind us everywhere we go. Are you, could you be, a refreshing breeze when you enter a room? A force for good? Is there joy in your heart you might share? A spring in your footstep?
One of my favorite mantra’s is ‘My Resting Face is a Smiling Face’ and I repeat it to myself often during the day to make sure I stay true to it. The wonderful thing is that I get so many smiles back; even walking the streets of Manhattan, strangers passing by give me a friendly smile back and my day feels all the richer.
Closing Quotes:
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou, 1928–2014, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?” – George Eliot, 1819-1880, Middlemarch
“That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily but involuntarily.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, The Over-Soul
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall, 1934- 2025
“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 caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
