Everyone has influence. Moment by moment your attitude and level of happiness are reflected in the little things you say and do, and those are bound to affect others. What kind of impact do you usually have?
Only a little gesture can have a positive impact on someone’s day.
Opportunities for Kindness
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. —Amelia Earhart (1897–1937)
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. —William James (1842–1910)
Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be. —Johann von Goethe (1749–1832)
Be Slow… Be Quick!
A Closer Walk
Whenever a person says to me: “My problem is that I do not love the Lord enough,” I usually respond: “No … your problem is that you do not know how much the Lord loves you.” —Selwyn Hughes (1928–2006)
We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts. —A. W. Tozer (1897–1963)
Just a Little Kindness
In this world of hurry, and work, and sudden end, If a thought comes quick of doing kindness to a friend,
Do it that very minute; don’t put it off, don’t wait; What’s the use of doing a kindness if you do it a day too late?