AOM Meditations: 101320

by Dima Dmitriev

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"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don’t try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself."

~Thích Nhat Hanh

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"Simple and Inexpensive Acts of Kindness

Say a sweet good morning to you neighbors.

Donate clothes to people in need.

Let the person behind you in line cut ahead of you.

Mow, rake, or help do lawn work for your neighbor.

Become a blood donors.

Babysitting a child of a relative or friend.

Be polite while driving 

by letting another pull in front of you on the highway 

or wave and smile to others who does it for us.

Make a gift to a loved one 

without any special reason.

Prepare a package with various things 

(food, clothes, medicines, etc.) and donate it 

to a charity organisation or to a family in need.

Talk to a lonely person.

Help an elderly person with shopping.

Open doors for our fellow man 

(think metaphorically also).

Donate books to a school.

Offer a treat to 

the neighbors, work colleagues, the homeless."

~from an article, Knights of Kindness,

on this web page (link)

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Be ever mindful

Make it your mission to look

To find ways to help others

~AOM

AOM Meditations: 110519

by  Dima Dmitriev

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"You are seen and known by your life. By what you propose and what you actually do, by what you support and what you hide. By your conduct and your integrity, by your compassion and your love. You cannot hide from the pure in heart, but more, you cannot hide from yourself. Compromise may seem to be a good business transaction in the moment to bring you what you want, but the later consequences may be difficult to live with. Love is everything, and the more this love is expressed the happier you will be, and the greater your place in the hearts of others."

~Michael Kewley 

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“They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”

~Harper Lee

(To Kill a Mockingbird)

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“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.”

~Barbara De Angelis