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There is a wonderful law of nature that the three things we crave most in life– happiness, freedom and peace of mind– are always obtained by giving them to someone else.
—— General Peyton March
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This seems like the right thought at this time. All too many people all over the world lacking in happiness, freedom and peace and too many people trying to satisfy these desires of their own in a greedy, selfish way, believing they are not connected to the suffering of others. That they cannot have an effect.
But ultimately we are all connected. And perhaps it will only take a few small acts of kindness in our everyday lives that will snowball, inspiring others to action and changing the way that our collective mind looks at the suffering of others, allowing us to believe that we can do great things. And with that belief, we could do great things.
And wouldn’t that be a big step forward to achieving happiness, freedom and peace of mind for ourselves?
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The piece at the top of this post is titled Lines of Connection and is a wee 2″ by 4″ painting and is available as part of the Little Gems show at the West End Gallery in Corning.
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