He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own. – Confucius
The nature of humans and collections thereof is that good is rewarded (and the not-good is either ignored, or punished).
When you serve others, you serve yourself.
How?
Because there really isn’t any other . . . .
Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside. – Terry Neil Any change that doesn’t come from within, that isn’t freely chosen and authentic, is coerced, and will be resisted. Even if one successfully sustains a coerced change, some form/amount of misery will ensue. * * * Decide who you want…
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) You can never love anyone more than you love yourself. You can never be happier than you think you deserve. You can never earn more than you think you’re worth. Whatever…
I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the third one I…
Trustworthy. Respectable. Admirable. * * * Leadership, more than anything, is a personal relationship between leader and led. It’s not a hierarchical relationship, where one person has power and the other none. Sure, a leader must be technically savvy and proficient, s/he must know “the business,” but at its core, its most fundamental, leadership is…
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. – C.S. Lewis Real humility is where kindness comes from. When we think of ourselves less, when we know we’re okay, we can look beyond ourselves. This is where and when really, really cool things can happen. This is where service happens. Any…
The mind is everything. What you think, you become. – Buddha I’ll keep posting stuff like this until I get it.* * * * * I’m working on it, but it make take a while . . . .