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Dea Rivera
Mindfulness Teacher
Every Sunday morning I take a light jog with my dog down to the beach near my home...
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11 reflections
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Lenny
Starfish.
A turn I didn’t see coming, and really warmed my heart and gave me an enlightened perspective on awareness and being.
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Michaël
Negative things can still be present—
But it’s realizing that all positive things make a difference that outweighs the negativity.
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Claudine
Feel good!
It feels good to play god saving starfishes. Well, it‘s nicer to help a starfish than to engage in local support for homeless people, isn‘t it?
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Walter J
Making a difference...?
I have heard a shorter, simpler version before and the old man was a young child with innocence on his side. This one portrays an old man with wisdom. I believe both are profound at teaching The Law of Divine Oneness - that we are all interconnected. There is only one Energy that’s constantly changing into endless forms. If this is true, which I believe it is with my whole being, then any act (no matter how small) will affect all others. (So I try to perform good, righteous acts - toss a starfish back, share your biscuits) My thoughts affect your thoughts (so I try to think positive, loving, advancing thoughts) But to balance this advancing positivity out, there are people who seemed determined to bring the Energy level down. Trying to drag us back to an old model that we have outgrown and act selfishly because they think they are different, special, separate from the One. Using their memory incorrectly to only remember hurts instead of the equal good that had been there also. I guess in the end both are needed to keep balance and thus the wise saying was created: “To observe is power, to judge is weakness.” In the final analysis it boils back down to all I can really say with certainty is... I Am
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Matthew
Everyday kindness makes a difference
This story describes how my wife and I choose to live our lives each and every day! Give kindness to those around you...open the door for the person with their hands full, return the shopping cart to the cart return in the store parking lot, give a smile and a kind greeting to the server at the restaurant. No matter how poorly your day may be going, be as kind as you can think to be. It'll mean something to those you're sharing the world with! Guaranteed!
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Nora
💞
I like this a lot it makes me feel like I’m putting something good into this world even if it’s just smiling
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Tammy
Starfish
Any small deed or act of kindness truly matters. No matter how small or seemingly insignificant it may seem it has positive repercussions that make the world a better place.
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Brenna
Making a difference
You can make a huge impact on a single person and that’s all the difference that needs to be made.
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Sara
I matter no matter how small things I do.
It matters :) You matter too!!! Let’s make this world a better place for our children and their children ok?
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Iris
Cheers to New Beginnings
I know that I can too make a difference in my life and to make way for new experiences that will cause true transformation and growth!
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Patty
What better way?
Than to use my time to help someone, some being, in a way that will benefit them? Anything that makes their existence better benefits all. I didn’t like this story until the end. I was angry that someone else would determine or assume the “cycle of life” for another. That is not for us to do. Empathy and compassion prevail and the story has a happy ending. 🌷