Find the Good

Also I found that I was at no risk of becoming saintly or of knowing all the answers. It was just that something in my heart was at rest and the world seemed a much kinder place. Other people seemed kinder than I and I was grateful to them for waiting for me to discover this. The world bubbled with light just under the surface, even when difficulti

Helping People This might sound the same as appreciation, but it’s not. Indeed, I think your average wastewater-treatment engineer will tell you that you can help a lot of people and not get a ton of thanks for it. But we are empathy machines, and one of the most lasting and true ways of finding meaning is to actually be of service.

This had been this woman’s secret: she had made everyone around her into wonderful people by her gift for appreciating them. Her capacity for gratitude had created a beautiful reality in her life. It had made ordinary people extraordinary; it had made the commonplace sacred. Her attitude had changed the nature of her life. This, I think, is the kin