A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men and women, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.
– Albert Einstein
Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
- Mother Theresa
Hadith (sayings of the Prophet)
Be patient
Be forgiving
Visit the sick
Be clean & tidy
A smile is charity
Respect your elders
Love your neighbors
Be nice to your parents
Be honest & trustworthy
Don’t waste food or water
Be fair & just in all dealings
Speak good or remain silent
Be good to your wife/husband
Aid the poor and feed the hungry
Take care of orphans and widows
Be gentle and loving to your children
Be kind & gentle with plants & animals
Love for others what you love for yourself
Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, don’t be angry
Your mother, your mother, your mother, your father
– The Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him)
A Prayer for Our Earth
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.
- Pope Francis
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24
Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love. – Barbara Jordan
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. – Maria Robinson
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. – E.M. Forster
