The Golden SonnetWhere is el dorado?It is not a city but a person.Where is the kingdom of heaven?It is not a place but compassion.Where can we find joy?Not the market but in acts of goodness.Where can we find health?Not in gadgets but in simpleness.Where can we find strength?Not in the bank but in character.How can we make progress?Not with luxury but by lifting the other.Lesser the needs, better the life.Gentler the soul, lighter the strife.

What is holy, what is not, can't be determined by rituals and ceremonies, it can only be determined by human action, for every act of humaneness is holiness itself.

Only the petty keep tabs on even the tiniest favor they do for others, but the great does favors every step of the way, yet never remembers them.

When someone thanks you for your help, tell them - don't say thanks, instead help others whenever you can and ask them to do the same.

The life of a human has meaning only and only if that life comes to the aid of others.

Help those less fortunate than you, for it is real human existence.

Unselfish SonnetUnself your soul,And lo the joy pours.Wipe out the I,And the world is yours.The more selfish you are,The more anxious you'll be.One who's lost in service,Is the epitome of humanity.In a world of self-obsession,Be the spark most selfless.Burn yourself to ashes,Let all bathe in your kindness.To give is to live o human.To die for others is salvation.

Seek neither adventure nor security, seek to alleviate the suffering of others, and you'll have all the joy in the world.

It's the kindness of the people that makes a place holy, not the churches and temples.