Happiness Grows

He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart.  He must love them well and always. He must have not only the glowing admiration, the enthusiasm, and the passion, but the tenderness, the thoughtfulness, the reverence, the watchfulness of love.

S.R. Hole

Charles W. Eliot

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness.  If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought of others.

WOW

LOVE WORKS IN WONDROUS WAYS

With love in our hearts,

let us try this year

To lift the clouds of hate and fear,

For love works in ways

that are wondrous and strange,

And there is nothing in life

that love cannot change.

~

Helen Steiner Rice

Life

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim; so made that you cannot dip into nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it- drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love.

John Ruskin

In His Footsteps

When someone does a kindness,

it always seems to me

Thant's the way God up in heaven

Would like us all to be.

For when we bring some pleasure

to another human heart

We have followed in His footsteps

and we've had a little part

In serving Him who loves us

for I'm very sure it's true

That in serving those around us,

we serve and please Him, too.

~Helen Steiner Rice