Stories Of Hope & Inspiration

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Each day we can act kindly and be the change we want to see in the world. Here are some ideas for kind actions in all areas of life.

By myself: small things =

Smile and say hello to passers by on your walk.

When talking on the phone, smile. The smile will come through in your voice.

Pay someone a compliment (it’s kind to be sensitive and politically correct!).

Open a door for someone.

Offer to help someone with their bags.

Call your friend or a special family member: Tell them you were thinking of them and love them.

Choose to forgive someone you were angry or disappointed with.

Drop coins in a parking meter that is about to expire. Why not even leave behind a Kindness Card?

Recognise an act of kindness with giving an activated Kindness Card.

Give away an unactivated Kindness Card and inspire others to acknowledge Kindness acts.

Tweet or Post Kindness messages to your followers and friends.

Share your lunch with someone who does not have any.

Buy lunch for a homeless person.

Keep someone company who may be on their own.

Ask someone new to join your conversation, your activity or your play.

If the person behind you in the shopping queue only has a few items, consider asking them if they would like to go ahead of you.

“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.”-- Douglas Pagels

“The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And the more you love yourself, the less need you’ll ever have to find fault or be better than others. And the less we all find fault or have a need to be better than others, the quicker this world becomes a far better place to live.” - Dan Pearce-

Living life and having fun

A house becomes a home when you can write 'I love you' on the furniture. I can't tell you how many countless hours that I have spent cleaning. I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - 'in case someone came over.' Then I realized one day that no-one came over; they were all out living life and having fun!

Now, when people visit, I find no need to explain the condition of my home. They are more interested in hearing about the things I've been doing while I was away living life and having fun. If you haven't quite figured this out as yet, please heed this advice.

Life is short, so enjoy it! Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better to paint a picture or write a letter, bake a cake or plant a seed, or even ponder the difference between want and need? Dust if you must, but there's not much time, with rivers to swim and mountains to climb, music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and life to lead. Dust if you must, but the worlds out there with the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain. This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind, old age will come and it's not kind. And when you go - and go you must, you, yourself will make more dust! It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived ... and remember, a layer of dust protects the wood beneath it.

Author Unknown

Did you see a calm lake?

No ripples.

Just calm.

Can you not see the reflections

Of everything around?

Everything is still.

Quiet, calm and tranquil.

You are witnessing.

Your inside is quiet.

No ripples

Of stressful life

Or survival anxieties.

You are not meditating.

Meditation is descending in you,

Like morning dew.

You are experiencing the aura of your silence—Calm, pure awareness.

No efforts.

No agendas.

No goals.

Nowhere to reach.

You are Home!

Be still

And all is Yours!

“Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun. The sun has begun to rise. Christians are called to leave behind, in the tomb of Jesus Christ, all that belongs to the brokenness and incompleteness of the present world … That, quite simply, is what it means to be Christian: to follow Jesus Christ into the new world, God’s new world, which he has thrown open before us.” - N.T. Wright-

From Abba,

“Though you may be in and out of seasons of weeping, you will still reap. The harvest of your sowing as unto Me, is never in vain. I've said prove Me that I am good soil, and will produce for you ALWAYS, a harvest in season.

If only for my namesake, I will return to you a harvest. Trust me in scarcity, though you may be uncomfortable. I shall supply all of your needs. Have I ever failed you?

No.

Measure me and find that I am proved a good Father. I gave my Son, will I hold back any good thing from you?

No.

Discover the freedom of contentment and thankfulness towards me. In all things, give thanks, be there little or plenty. This is for your benefit and will soothe your soul from the cares of your life. My reward for the grateful, is my joy, (and not that of yourself but of me) which is strength for your journey.

I am delivering you from poverty, sorrow, and burdens as you increase in joy from your remembrance of all I've done, and my promise to provide for you. Meditate on me in times of trial. For I am MIND-full of you, so you need be MIND-full of me. This, for your own good that you might receive the reward for your diligent pursuit of me. Remember my good deeds and declare them one to another, that your soul might find peace and reassurance of my good nature.

IT IS WRITTEN… I will never leave, and never forsake you, my most-loved above all creation. Trust in me to bring about my promises over you. Rest in my peace and find peace in my rest. I am delivering you now from your weeping. Joy comes in the new days ahead as you remember me and my promises.

Say one to another, the Lord is good! His Mercy Endures Forever! In my goodness, I overshadow you, to keep you, protect you, and provide for you, as it is my nature. All of this, out of my deep, deep love for you.” - Abba

I bless you, in Jesus name!

Thomas Griffin, Co-founder of Spirit Fuel

I Know A Man Who Can

I can't take a heart that's broken, make it over again,
But I know a man who can.
I can't take a soul that's sin sick make it white as the snow,
But I know a man who can.

Some call him Savior the redeemer of all men,
I call him Jesus for he's my dearest friend.
If you feel that no one loves you and your life is out of hand
I know a man who can.

I can't walk upon the waters or calm the trouble sea,
But I know a man who can.
And I can't cause blind eyes to open or make the lame to walk again,
But I know a man who can.

Some call him Savior the redeemer of all men,
I call him Jesus for he's my dearest friend.
If you feel no one can help you and your life is out of hand,
I know a man who can... yes I know a man who can.