Receiving & Giving Back...
Nov 19, 2016 22:12:30 #
Don G. Dinsdale
Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
RECEIVING & GIVING BACK
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. -- D.E Trueblood
Our lives are enriched by the contributions of those who lived before us. Many men and women gave more than they ever took from society, and now we enjoy the rewards. Some people were fired with a spirit to beautify the world and planted trees that will live for 200 years. Others wrote music that speaks to us from another generation, and others established a government that guides our principles of justice. They gave so much because they knew they were a part of their community and the world.
Most of us will not make great contributions that may, in turn, make us famous. But we enrich our lives & those of others, when we contribute freely to improving our community and our world. We do that when we simply say hello to our neighbor, when we serve on a volunteer cleanup committee for a local park, and when we do Twelfth Step work in the program. We too have beautified and contributed to the world as a whole, ...... and that gives us feelings of peace and self respect.
Today, I will appreciate all that comes to me freely from others, and I will give what I can to make the world a better place.
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. -- D.E Trueblood
Our lives are enriched by the contributions of those who lived before us. Many men and women gave more than they ever took from society, and now we enjoy the rewards. Some people were fired with a spirit to beautify the world and planted trees that will live for 200 years. Others wrote music that speaks to us from another generation, and others established a government that guides our principles of justice. They gave so much because they knew they were a part of their community and the world.
Most of us will not make great contributions that may, in turn, make us famous. But we enrich our lives & those of others, when we contribute freely to improving our community and our world. We do that when we simply say hello to our neighbor, when we serve on a volunteer cleanup committee for a local park, and when we do Twelfth Step work in the program. We too have beautified and contributed to the world as a whole, ...... and that gives us feelings of peace and self respect.
Today, I will appreciate all that comes to me freely from others, and I will give what I can to make the world a better place.
Nov 20, 2016 05:17:47 #
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
RECEIVING & GIVING BACK br br A man has made ... (show quote)
Nice thought. Appropriate also.
Nov 20, 2016 13:48:06 #
Nov 20, 2016 22:29:37 #
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