“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.”
– George Eliot
What if life could be like this?
Call me a hopeless dreamer, but I think it could.
Like Amélie, we can spread our simple pleasures and all of life's beauties around, even to those who seem like they wouldn't be able to view beauty the way the rest of us do.
I happen to think things are lovely when they're glowing with virtue. What's more virtuous than a generous action?
What if they made it so you could play a certain game like this with a cheat code?
If you don't like excessive YouTube clips, I'm sorry, but isn't it funny that a commercial, for of all things, Coca-Cola, could illustrate a point so well?
"You're gonna be remembered for the things that you say and do."
It's true, you know. By our fruits, or, what we produce, you and I will be remembered.
Life's simple pleasures are a two-way street. We can do simple things, give people simple joys that will make life better. Better for us, and better for others.
How `bout it? Let's be do-gooders on a mission. It takes some creativity, that is, creative self-insertion: "Hmm. What would I want if I were (insert name here)? What if I were sad or scared or apathetic or ______? What if I were emoting what this person is emoting? What would be just the ticket to making my life, or even just my mood more lovely?"
Let's let our virtuous, happy joy in helping people shine through everything we do; let it shine through every sentence we write, every good work we can think up.
They're called good works because it takes work. But like with most work, it pays off and leaves a sense of tired satisfaction.
Spending your days in the company of many different people teaches you something: Some people are hard to reach
They're full of prickles. It's hard to want to help them.
You know what? We should try anyway. Let's be sure to catalog it too, so we don't forget.
(If you'd like, you can report back to me via my comments/email how it goes. This would be splendorous.)
Call me a hopeless dreamer, but I think it could.
Like Amélie, we can spread our simple pleasures and all of life's beauties around, even to those who seem like they wouldn't be able to view beauty the way the rest of us do.
I happen to think things are lovely when they're glowing with virtue. What's more virtuous than a generous action?
What if they made it so you could play a certain game like this with a cheat code?
If you don't like excessive YouTube clips, I'm sorry, but isn't it funny that a commercial, for of all things, Coca-Cola, could illustrate a point so well?
"You're gonna be remembered for the things that you say and do."
It's true, you know. By our fruits, or, what we produce, you and I will be remembered.
Life's simple pleasures are a two-way street. We can do simple things, give people simple joys that will make life better. Better for us, and better for others.
How `bout it? Let's be do-gooders on a mission. It takes some creativity, that is, creative self-insertion: "Hmm. What would I want if I were (insert name here)? What if I were sad or scared or apathetic or ______? What if I were emoting what this person is emoting? What would be just the ticket to making my life, or even just my mood more lovely?"
Let's let our virtuous, happy joy in helping people shine through everything we do; let it shine through every sentence we write, every good work we can think up.
They're called good works because it takes work. But like with most work, it pays off and leaves a sense of tired satisfaction.
Spending your days in the company of many different people teaches you something: Some people are hard to reach
They're full of prickles. It's hard to want to help them.
You know what? We should try anyway. Let's be sure to catalog it too, so we don't forget.
(If you'd like, you can report back to me via my comments/email how it goes. This would be splendorous.)
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