Happiness grows dim
Another person inspires—
Restarting life’s fire
Positive thinking
Finding abundance of peace—
Heart fills with kindness
Both man and nature
Aging shows on life’s outside—
Soul’s depths much alive
It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the End of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.
From Proverbs 21:21: “Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.”
Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was a Christian author and speaker. She and her husband, Jim, spent time as missionaries in Ecuador.
Needing to slow down
Take time to reflect upon—
Smallest victories
Old-fashioned kindness
Offer gentle courtesy—
Always in style
Creative journey
Endless imagination—
Peaceful contentment
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists. Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.” While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”
Sowing seeds of love
Reaping bountiful harvest–
Spirit plants kindness
Kindness breathing grace
Actions sweeter than honey—
Purging bitterness
Words packed with kindness
Unlocking life’s path of peace–
Melting hardened hearts
Witnessing
New day
On eagle’s wings
Soaring to Father’s refuge
Grace
Substituting
Bitter tongue
Walking with Jesus
Righteousness fills each word
Kindness
Receiving
God’s mercy
Filling our spirit
Overflowing with His goodness
Forgiveness
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.
We’re not the worst thing we’ve ever done in our lives, and there’s a tendency to think that we are.
Bob (Robert) Kerrey (born 1943) served the state of Nebraska as Governor and later in the United States Senate. He was a decorated veteran who served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970.
When we are good to others, you are best to yourself.
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
When you launch an act of kindness out into the crosswinds of life, it will blow kindness back to you.
From Galatians 6:9: “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”
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