There are so many opportunities in this world to not, take care. To tell ourselves, “Ha! I can do what I want because everyone else is.”
Fact is, doing what we want to create happiness, joy, wealth… cannot be at the expense of someone else’s happiness, rights, happiness, joy.
We are inter-relational. We are inter-dependent. Like the butterfly wings disturbing air in Africa, creating a windstorm on the other side of the world, the small things we do here, ripple out to create impacts in the world all around us.
Take care to ensure every action, thought, word, idea you create is a ripple that creates better. Take care to ensure having what you want does not mean someone else is harmed.
Namaste.
February 15, 2017 at 11:10 am
“Fact is, doing what we want to create happiness, joy, wealth… cannot be at the expense of someone else’s happiness, rights, happiness, joy.”
“Take care to ensure having what you want does not mean someone else is harmed”
And what about the rights of others sharing this planet with us. Do they not matter because they do not look like us or think like us. True compassion for others cannot be just reserved for the human species alone. Every piece of meat, every bite of cheese, every glass of milk, every egg that you consume is at the expense of someone else’s happiness, rights and joy. And someone else IS harmed.
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February 16, 2017 at 7:17 am
We all must do what we believe is best — and yes, all beings on this earth matter.
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February 15, 2017 at 1:58 pm
Taking care is something that should be second nature but for some it really isn’t and when we don’t take care things happen things we may not want to happen
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February 16, 2017 at 7:18 am
I love your down to earth perspective Joanne. ❤
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February 16, 2017 at 3:54 pm
I work on it every single day, my friend ❤ ❤
Sending lots of love!
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