LISTENING

Difficult as it is
really to listen to someone in affliction,
it is just as difficult for him
to know that compassion
is listening to him.

- Simone Weil

HOPE

Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours.

- Swedish Proverb

ADVENTURE

An adventure is only
an inconvenience rightly considered.
An inconvenience is only
an adventure wrongly considered.

- G. K. Chesterton

CARING

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

- Leo Buscaglia

GIVING

The fragrance always stays
in the hand that gives the rose.

- Hada Bejar

COURAGE

Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage.

- Anais Nin

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