Thought for Today ~

"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth...The trite subjects of human efforts ~ possessions, outward success, luxury ~ have always seemed to me contemptible."  ~ Albert Einstein

"Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness." ~ Seneca

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight:  always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary."  ~ Sir James M. Barrie

"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."  ~ George Eliot

~ RANDOM ACTS of KINDNESS, The Editors of Conari Press, 1993.

A wise and perceptive Grandfather who lost his son around this time last year thoughtfully prepared little gift bags for each child his family.  On Christmas Eve he watched while the children ran around on the lawn with laser fingers lighting the darkness.  The laser fingers were only one of the small gifts.  Greater was the Grandfather's gift of their uncle's tradition of bags of wacky, goofy things, the highlight of which was always the laser fingers.