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Happy Life Tip of the Week, Issue #109-Renewal
April 20, 2011


Celebrate renewal of the human spirit with a generous heart and kind words and deeds for your happy life.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Buddha

Hello Friends,

This week is a week of renewal. Both Earth Day and Easter come this weekend. Just to show how the sacred and profane tend to come together in this uncertain world, this week is also Hitler's birthday and the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting- a tragedy that directly touched my family.

Holidays are an important part of a happy life because they give us an opportunity to celebrate our ideals. Appreciation, gratitude, virtues, ideals, and the fun of celebration are all important components of a happy life. When it comes to late April, we can add hope for the future and the strength of good over evil as well.

Easter celebrates the rise of Christ from the dead and his assention into Heaven. What better way to celebrate Christ than to devote a whole day to the ideals he preached? Try to spend an entire day speaking nothing but kind words and acting out of a generous and compassionate heart?

Likewise, Earth Day is a splendid time to celebrate the joy of helping and giving to others. As we learn more about our planet and the finite resources here, we understand both our connection with others and the importance of sharing so we all flourish. Why not commemorate the connection between us by reaching out and help or heal some part of our collective selves?

Although Christ and Buddha shared their wisdom 2000 years before Hitler or Columbine, or any of the other modern evils and tragedies of our time, their advice is still appropriate and true. Our modern hero and philosopher Dr. Martin Luther King said it best,

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.


So, whether you are renewing your human spirit for the sake of God or Mother Nature or your own humanity;

Celebrate renewal of the human spirit with a generous heart and kind words and deeds for your happy life.



Affirmation
I celebrate renewal by spending an entire day only speaking kind words and doing kind deeds.

Journal or Meditation Question
Where do I see evidence of humanity in my surroundings? Where are people being kind to each other? Who is speaking kind words and words of encouragement and praise? Where are people being generous? How can I support and amplify these efforts in the world?

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