The Morning

When you get up early, the morning shares these delightful sights with you. The beauty of Lake Ontario

It’s calm and peaceful right now. The world tends to be like that when it’s early enough. Soon the hustle will begin, another day full of things to do, trying to get ahead, and worrying about falling behind.

I looked at my bed when I got up this morning. I spend enough time in it, almost one-third of my life. A little less because I don’t often sleep eight hours, but close enough. One-third. That’s a lot!

If one-third of life is spent in slumber, that leaves two-thirds of the day to be awake and do things. It seems like a lot of time but then the day begins and it really isn’t. Work takes up another third of the day minimum, because getting ready for work and getting to work adds to the overall total. 

Then there are errands to run, like grocery shopping and other things. That takes up time too, and soon the days all run into each other and time seems to be flying by.

Is that all there is?

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Help Yourself by Helping Others

Birds of a feather flock together – I want to be surrounded by compassionate people

I like to do things for other people. It makes me feel good. Even if they don’t appreciate my offer to help, I still love the feeling I get from just being there if they need a hand.

Helping others and being a pleasant person is my personal addiction.

It wasn’t always this way. I used to think pretty much about myself only, determined to protect what I had and to get more of everything I wanted.

What a pity I didn’t realize sooner how empty of a life that can be.

There isn’t enough stuff in the world for me to get that will ever replace the joy of making someone else’s path in life a little easier. It’s not even the big things that matter; being courteous and thoughtful and considerate is more than enough.

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