In a world increasingly overshadowed by division and hostility, the notion that compassion knows no limit and kindness has no enemy could serve as a beacon of hope and inspiration.
You have a true gift with words. I love the sentiment on the sign that you shared with us: Compassion has no limit, kindness has no enemy. You say that few will see it, and fewer read it, but you have just sent it around the world! 🥰
In a world that lives like a fist, compassion is no more than walking with your hands open. Our world today feels like an angry fist with no room for kindness. Yet, when I walk, I do not walk with closed fists, I walk with my hands open -- to the beauty that surrounds me -- and to the light I am always chasing.
Like the Pilgrim analogy, you changed your course, were open to your surroundings and found compassion along the path.
Kindness for me changes everything. My heart like my fists open and it becomes the only thing that truly matters. Thanks for the lesson, Alex.
“In a world that can feel so cruel…let’s choose to be kind…”
However, the kindness of many people is done with the expectation of receiving attention and being praised for good deeds. Not because they are capable of touching the fragility of others with compassion, not because they understand the silence of someone’s pain, or because they are capable of feeling care and concern in simples gestures. They are always wandering about the reasons or making assumptions, but open to receiving. Even when faced with unexpected heartwarming sparkles they only feel the complacency of obliged reciprocity.
We shouldn't need examples of forgiving and brave souls or milestones on the way, but just remember that every gentle awakening of the dawn or each dormant stillness of the dusk must be a time for everyone to feel embraced by the beauty of things.
You are so right, Alex, to remind that in our world, kindness and empathy are increasingly important values.
The warm sunlight of your morning soothes the heart and mind…
Like the goodness and hope of Anne Franck, in a world full of trials and adversities, brings us such a deep light of human warmth.
To overcome the individualism, the amnesia, the trials that our world forcefully conveys and seeks to impose on us... It would be necessary in the same way, of benevolence, of empathy and also the conviction and the personal hope that these values lead us on the true path of the life.
This thought from Albert Einstein can perhaps also help to think about personal aspirations :
“The ideals that guided my path and gave me the courage to face life day after day...were kindness, beauty and truth »
Thank you very much Alex for this tribute, so full of sensitivity, to Anne Franck, to her courage and her values for a better world.
You have a true gift with words. I love the sentiment on the sign that you shared with us: Compassion has no limit, kindness has no enemy. You say that few will see it, and fewer read it, but you have just sent it around the world! 🥰
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make”
—Jane Goodall
A beautiful reflection, in words and images. 🙏
In a world that lives like a fist, compassion is no more than walking with your hands open. Our world today feels like an angry fist with no room for kindness. Yet, when I walk, I do not walk with closed fists, I walk with my hands open -- to the beauty that surrounds me -- and to the light I am always chasing.
Like the Pilgrim analogy, you changed your course, were open to your surroundings and found compassion along the path.
Kindness for me changes everything. My heart like my fists open and it becomes the only thing that truly matters. Thanks for the lesson, Alex.
“In a world that can feel so cruel…let’s choose to be kind…”
However, the kindness of many people is done with the expectation of receiving attention and being praised for good deeds. Not because they are capable of touching the fragility of others with compassion, not because they understand the silence of someone’s pain, or because they are capable of feeling care and concern in simples gestures. They are always wandering about the reasons or making assumptions, but open to receiving. Even when faced with unexpected heartwarming sparkles they only feel the complacency of obliged reciprocity.
We shouldn't need examples of forgiving and brave souls or milestones on the way, but just remember that every gentle awakening of the dawn or each dormant stillness of the dusk must be a time for everyone to feel embraced by the beauty of things.
Flowers come in so many colours…
Alexander. Thank you!
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This is so beautiful. And moving. Thank you 🌻
You are so right, Alex, to remind that in our world, kindness and empathy are increasingly important values.
The warm sunlight of your morning soothes the heart and mind…
Like the goodness and hope of Anne Franck, in a world full of trials and adversities, brings us such a deep light of human warmth.
To overcome the individualism, the amnesia, the trials that our world forcefully conveys and seeks to impose on us... It would be necessary in the same way, of benevolence, of empathy and also the conviction and the personal hope that these values lead us on the true path of the life.
This thought from Albert Einstein can perhaps also help to think about personal aspirations :
“The ideals that guided my path and gave me the courage to face life day after day...were kindness, beauty and truth »
Thank you very much Alex for this tribute, so full of sensitivity, to Anne Franck, to her courage and her values for a better world.
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