Making A Difference

I hadn’t originally intended

I hadn’t originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn’t make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated. Gao Xingjian

If you believe in

If you believe in practising generosity of spirit, at heart you believe in the power of an individual to make a difference and at heart you treat individuals with deep respect and want to see others flourish. Gail Kelly

I decided I wanted

I decided I wanted to be a painter, and then that moved into wanting to be an animator. By adolescence, I just wanted it to be something that was important…something that would make a difference in people’s lives or leave an imprint in history. Evangeline Lilly

You can have lots

You can have lots of feelings and have the same feelings over and over again. It isn’t the recognizable feelings that make so much difference. It is sensing the edge, the unclear, what you don’t recognize, but it is there, the bodily discomfort that the problem makes, which has meaning; it has its own peculiar … Read more

Take the time to

Take the time to line up the Energy first, and action becomes inconsequential. If you don’t take the time to line up the Energy, if you don’t find the feeling place of what you’re looking for, not enough action in the world will make any difference. Esther Hicks

We will ask two

We will ask two central questions throughout this course: 1. What difference does gender make? 2. For which women does it make a difference? Which women? Estelle Freedman

The Last Arrow transcends

The Last Arrow transcends a moment or an issue. It is a call to move beyond self-indulgence to a life of sacrificial service. In The Last Arrow I address a broad spectrum of issues from the Syrian refugee crisis to the cultural epidemic of depression to the personal struggle of insignificance. The Last Arrow is … Read more

Sometimes a man imagines

Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude. Ernest Hello

It is not by

It is not by accident that the happiest people are those who make a conscious effort to live useful lives. Their happiness, of course, is not a shallow exhilaration where life is one continuos intoxicating party. Rather, their happiness is a deep sense of inner peace that comes when they believe their lives have meaning … Read more

…the total number of

…the total number of galaxies in the universe seems to be in the region of ten billion, and that each of them has about a hundred billion stars the size of the sun. These numbers are so absurd that I strangely find myself in a good mood. It’s all so immense. I think Paul feels … Read more