Good morning Bluesky! It is in service to others that we find our best life. Giving of ourselves, our time, generates tremendous benefits for all parties concerned. Lend your strength to bring them hope, and wash the world clean. We so need each other. Be the light. Be the love. Walk on the water❤️

"Helping hands are better than praying lips." ~ Mother Teresa Good afternoon my friends! I hope that you are enjoying your Sunday ❤️

Sunday morning vibes ❤️

"Your heart knows the way, run in that direction." ~ Rumi Good morning Bluesky! The more we love, the happier we become. The happier we become, the more we love. It's a delicious cycle. Have yourself a very happy day ❤️

"Great acts are made up of small deeds." ~ Lao Tzu I've had a delightful Saturday, and I hope that you have as well. Let's do it again tomorrow. Sweet dreams Bluesky ❤️

Good morning my friends! I awakened this morning to this beautiful sight. I'm having a slow, easy morning thus far, enjoying a cup of coffee before I begin baking bread. I hope that your day is beautiful, filled with love and laughter ❤️

“Peace is always beautiful.” ~ Walt Whitman Have a peaceful evening my friends ❤️

"It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others." ~ Dalai Lama XIV Good morning my friends! Rise and shine ❤️

"Kindness is like sunshine, in which virtue grows." ~ Robert Green Ingersoll Good morning my friends, and best wishes for you in this New Year. May kindness and compassion guide you in every situation and circumstance. As much as you can, be the light, be the love. Have a terrific day ❤️

"Love is the only dimension that needs to be changed" ~ Thaddeus Golas "Go beyond reason to love: it is safe. It is the only safety" ~ Thaddeus Golas Good morning my friends! More love equals less fear, less greed, less violence, less hatred. Have yourself a most amazing day ❤️

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." ~ Mother Teresa "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." ~ Desmond Tutu Have yourself a delightful evening my friends ❤️

Food for thought...

"Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud." ~ Maya Angelou Good morning Bluesky! ❤️ Sharing joy is the best way to experience joy. Opportunities to love abound, sometimes hiding just beyond our fears. Practice generosity and kindness with reckless abandon. Be the light. Be the love. Smile 😁

“If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.” ~ Phil Lester I've noticed that a lot of us here on Bluesky tend to say nasty things about other folks. Perhaps we have some ugliness inside of us that we haven't addressed. We can do better. Be the light. Be the love. ❤️

“A simple smile. That’s the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV Good morning my friends! It feels so good to smile, and even better to share it. Be the light. Be the love. Have a beautiful day ❤️

"Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle." ~ Charles Glassman Happy Sunday my friends! I hope that this day is being very kind to you. I went out and walked in the sunshine this afternoon. It was a rejuvenating tonic! ❤️

"The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh I wish you an extraordinary evening my friends ❤️ [There is a secret waterfall in the center of this photograph.]

“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer Good morning my friends! Having compassion for others helps to heal us all. Have a wonderful day ❤️

"The earth has music for those who listen." ~ William Shakespeare Good morning my friends! Let us celebrate the beauty around us, and revel in our time. Be the light. Be the love ❤️

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” ~ Bob Hope Merry Holidays ❤️

“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth." ~ Buddha All matter is vibrating. Our world has a frequency. You can change it. Be the light. Be the love. Have a beautiful night ❤️

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo Buscaglia Good morning Bluesky! Be the light. Be the love. Have a very sweet day ❤️

"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible." ~ Oscar Wilde Good morning my friends! The forest refreshes me on so many levels. Every mystery revealed uncovers another. It is my happy place. I wish I could take you all there for a walk with me. Have a beautiful day ❤️

"Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future." ~ Nelson Mandela Have a blissful evening my friends ❤️

Catch the vibe! ❤️

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV Good morning Bluesky! Let us all participate in creating a happier, more loving race of human beings. Be the change. Be the light. Be the love. ❤️

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“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.” ~ Pema Chodron Good morning my friends! I hope that your day is joyous ❤️

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." ~ Dalai Lama XIV Good morning Bluesky! I'm learning lessons about tolerance that I never wanted to learn, that I never thought I would ever need to learn. The Tao is thus. Have a beautiful day ❤️ [Hardesty Mountain]

Everybody dance! ❤️

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ~ Barack Obama Good morning my friends! Be the light. Be the love ❤️

“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.” ~ M. Scott Peck Good morning my friends! May your smile brighten the world today ❤️

"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." ~ Rachel Carson I hope that your evening is filled with wonder❤️

“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds” ~ Thomas Merton Good morning my friends! I hope that you have a delightful day ❤️

“Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Good morning Bluesky! I cried as I read the news this morning, which is not uncommon. This world needs so much more love. We have great deal of work to do. Let us begin. ❤️

“In the heart of the forest, every step is a dream, every breath a prayer, every glance a discovery.” ~ David Passarelli I don't often leave the forest, but when I do, I grow increasingly impatient to return. I hope that you've enjoyed your weekend. Have a splendid evening my friends ❤️

You really are ❤️

“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.” ~ Cheryl Strayed Good morning Bluesky! Have a beautiful day ❤️

“What a beautiful inspirational model for how human beings might live: In a shared economy based not on greed but on nurturing relationships and mutual cooperation.” ~ Paul Stamets I've had a totally sweet day. I hope that you have as well. Have a great evening my friends ❤️

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” ~ James Clear Good morning Bluesky! The opportunity to define ourselves never ceases. The more we love, the more others will be able to love. Don't allow the minions of greed and fear to diminish your light. Be the love ❤️

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~ Ernest Hemingway The big changes come very slowly for some of us. Have patience with yourself. Endeavor to persevere. You'll love what you'll find. Have a sweet evening ❤️

“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.” ~Thomas Merton Good morning Bluesky! It's time to get your shine on. Love them all. Start with yourself. Be the light ❤️

I took a most extraordinary stroll today. It was medicinal, on a number of levels. I hope that you have a wonderful evening my friends ❤️

"The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Good Morning my friends! Become a gardener of humanity. Be the light. Be the love. Have yourself an amazing day ❤️

Wag more, bark less. I hope that your day has been sweet. ❤️

“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.” ~ Ram Dass Good morning Bluesky! Encourage! Inspire! Empower! Be the face of love, and have a wonderful Wednesday ❤️

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” ~ Booker T. Washington Good morning my friends! Be the light. Be the love. Be the world becoming a better place. Have a most exquisite day ❤️

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” ~ Dr. Seuss [The Lorax] ❤️

"Love as much as you can from wherever you are." ~ Thaddeus Golas Good morning Bluesky! Smile 😁, and have a marvelous Monday ❤️