Today's Daily Thought

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I subscribe to "Your Daily Thought", a newsletter that sends me a quote every day, along with a poem once a week. Most of the quotes I've posted here came from it. I keep a file of the ones I like best.

Today's quote is from Deepak Chopra:

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

Wise words. Huge challenge. Are you up for it? Remember the last phrase: "one individual at a time." Repeat often.

"I'm thinking of you"

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Today at work, a customer came up to the cash wanting my opinion on a card she had picked out. A friend of hers had a grandchild, 3 years old, who had recently suffered a brain injury and wasn't expected to recover. The card she had chosen was simple, and while I can't remember the exact text, the message was basically "I'm thinking of you". Fighting back tears, I told her I thought it was perfect.

It seems as if the more people you know, the more often you find yourself in a position such as this. A friend is in pain of some sort, and you want to reach out to them but you don't know what to say. I'm not advising that you should go out and buy them a card, unless that is what you want to do, but in whatever way works for you, a heartfelt "I'm thinking of you" goes a long way. It may not relieve their pain, but it will remind them that they are not alone and that there are friends who care about them.