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I keep going back to the amazing quotations that you all left for me this week -- there are some real nuggets of inspiration there. One of them in particular, left by Durga, struck me:
"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children ... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition ... to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived: this is to have succeeded."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It occurs to me that this quote isn't so much about success as it is about living in lovingkindness. To me, at their core, this is what all the religious tomes, spiritual teachers, parents, ethicists, mentors and true leaders keep trying to tell us.
This, really, is what it's all about.
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Happy Love Thursday, all. Please leave your stories or links to your images and words of love in the comments below.
May you laugh often and much today.
Song: Crazy little thing called love by Queen
Image: Photographed with Nikon D300 and 60mm micro lens
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:00AM
Reader Comments (23)
Oh, goody. I didn't realize you'd already have posted for "Love Thursday." I"m not going to love it when it actually begins in six hours bc I am up right now. I looked over Monday's post, which I scheduled for publication for while I was out of town, and realized that I had not shared that I linked to you (and Jen Lee...bc of you).
FYI: http://leisahammett.typepad.com/the_journey_with_grace/2009/10/journal-snippets.html
Love Emerson. Love that quote.
And my Love Thursday post is a love song to music. (And my current Top 40)
http://thequeso.com/2009/10/for-love-of-music-my-top-40-list-over.html
Happy Love Thursday! Your blog inspired me to weed through my reader and cull out blogs that, though the authors are talented, wallow in negativity and complaint. Today's Love Thursday is a recap of my sister's wedding last month, it was a beautiful occasion.
http://travelingmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/10/wedding.html
My message of love...for Thursday.
http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/heart-of-stone-changing-the-way-we-think/
A post about one of the loves of my life that I'd like to share for this Love Thursday. I hope everyone has an incredible day.
http://wp.me/pyscY-5d
"to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived" - that is beautiful.
We were trying to put together the playlist for the third part of our wedding celebrations this Saturday, when I went outside for a breath of fresh air and found a little something the previous tenants left in the backyard:
http://qussa.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/love-thursday-a-heart-in-the-backyard/.
A cute little reminder.
Happy Love Thursday!
I posted about love for silliness, a new toy for a grown up girl, sharing and taking care of ourselves ....
http://www.soeursdujour.com/2009/10/super-hero-sock-monkeys.html
Happy Love Thursday!
finding the 'love' in simple joys in my day....happy love thurs!
collecting simple joys
Thanks for sharing that quote today. It is exactly what I needed to hear to help me rev up for the day!
xo
LOVE that quote! I found some love in a fallen "love apple" today:
Fallen Love Apples
Happy Love Thursday all!