HOWEVER SMALL INSPIRATIONS

TODAY'S QUOTE:
To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being. - John Lubbock

The ability to touch others in a positive fashion is something we all share; it's the determination and focus that differs from person to person. Some of us misplace that power by default or by design. Some people express it by actions alone... while others sit idle and  imagine that whatever little they could do wouldn't make any real difference anyway... so deliberately do noting.

But just a little bit of kindness goes such a very long way. Something almost effortless, like a smile gifted to a stranger, can alter their mood in the most wonderful way. A single gentle word or a series of them strung together with kindness can raise up a sinking heart and echo on inside the listener for many years to come. An act that only takes moments of time and is mostly effortless can change the direction of a stuck on negative mindset from bad to glad.

It's just as easy to flip the script in the opposite direction. You may be wadded up inside and pass that onto others as a way to ease your own torment. You may imagine that soothing yourself in this fashion is a quick fix to your own discontentment, but all it does is load the karma cannon and point it in your direction. I'd never risk a gapping hole being blown in my soul for any quick fix at someone else's expense.

If for some reason you cannot raise someone else up then at least don't use them as a ladder to further your climb. Make the world a better place or refrain from making a mess that other people are forced to clean up. It costs so little to do good and pays unlimited dividends. Either you multiply the positives for the benefit of all or subtract from them for your own devices. You can either earn a holy soul or a soul full of holes. Think about  it... let it ride... then YOU decide!!!