Bother

“Trees generously share their fruit.
Bees generously share their honey.
Flowers generously share their perfume.
Do likewise.”― Matshona Dhliwayo

“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother”― Jane Goodall

Kindness.
Empathy.
Forgiveness.
Gentleness.
Compassion.
Encouragement.
Attention.
Generosity.
A listening ear.
A smile.
A phone call.
Small acts rooted in love.
In giving.
In a soft open heart.
This is how we make the world a better place.
Pray for peace.
Offer peace.
The world needs it.
Do your part.

“The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
― Wendell Berry, The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry