Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.

Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.

Ogni alba è un invito a sorgere ed illuminare la giornata di qualcuno.

Some live for their own joy and pleasure. Some live to ease the burdens of others.  Then there are those who seem to exist for pain's sake only, that in the end the wrathful fire sent to consume their oppressors will be justified."~ In loving memory of Miss Annabelle Fancher

It's frustrating when our best efforts to help people fail. But if we could see life through their weary eyes and experience their trials with the same frayed emotions, we might understand why.

There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.

You don't do kind deeds expecting kindness in return. You don't do kind deeds because you deem the recipient worthy. You do kind deeds because it's who you are, and because you understand the powerful difference your gentle hand makes in this dreary world.

The reality is that doing good unto others actually does more good for you.

When you tend to another's dying embers, you find both warmth and an increase in the glow of your own fire.