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Mar 03 0 comments
Chinese Proverbs, giving, love, self

Giving

Thanks to CK for the quote today. 
Everything is part of a cycle.  It isn’t just one thing about you that can help fill others. It’s all sides of you.
  • That includes your kindnesses, wisdom and expressions of concern.
  • It also includes your humor, intelligence and expertise.
  • Don’t forget your athleticism, competitiveness and enthusiasm.
  • Don’t denigrate or downplay the value of your beauty, looks, clothing, smile, hair, and body.
  • Your creativity as well; your art, voice, green thumb and love of culture.
  • Most importantly,  don’t make the mistake of thinking your struggles, successes and failings aren’t helpful to others.
The world and the people in it may need all sorts of sides to you.  To give yourself, you need to feed all those things in you as well.  That is why being enthusiastic about your life, pursuing with passion what you have available to learn and experience, isn’t a selfish thing.

I have a friend, from whom I got this quote actually, who is a great example of this.  She has her own personal goals in many aspects of her life.  She pursues them with a passion.  BUT, she doesn’t just do it just for herself. Every step of the way she is revealing herself and her passion to others. She is encouraging others in concrete ways to pursue their own dreams and goals as well.    It is not one-sided, and she is not alone. There are many who do the same for her as well.

Everything is part of a cycle.  Fill yourself to fill others.  Fill others and you will be filled.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily

Quote is a Chinese Proverb
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Jun 11 0 comments
Brooke Astor, giving, power

>Power Is The Ability

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It’s pretty clear, we all have power.  And we all have the sovereign right to use it as we wish.


Some will use it to manipulate and coerce.  They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘help’ for others, but it is not.


Some will use it to destroy.  They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘ridding the world of bad things’, but it is not.


Some will use it to dominate.  They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘I only control things for good’ but it is not.


No matter how much power you have, the most fulfilling and ethically sustainable use of it is still the same.  Do good for others.  If that is your definition you will always be powerful.




Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily


Quote by Brooke Astor, 1902-2007, American philanthropist.  Astor lived to the age of 105!  She was married 3 times, her last being to Vincent Astor, the son of the doomed Titanic passenger, John Jacob Astor IV.  Her life’s motto was “Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.”


Sep 27 2 comments
failure, generosity, giving, honesty, Tacitus

>Candor and Generosity, Unless

>How odd that two qualities that are admired can lead to ruin. Why is that?
What do they do in excess that makes the giver fall?

Candor is a type of honesty. Too much of that and people rebel against it. People say they like honesty, but what they don’t say is they only like so much of it. Too much can give the people a feeling of getting too close, too familiar.

Generosity is a great thing, but too much of it can make the receiver suspicious, make the community suspicious. It can give the community a feeling of getting too close, too familiar.

Contempt arises, accusations ensue and a downfall begins. Is the giver to blame? Yes, in part. He or she may not have bad motives, may not be doing ‘bad’ things. But they aren’t being discerning, they aren’t being ‘proper’ in their display of both qualities. The results certainly aren’t what they expect, but they could have been expected.

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quote by Tacitus, 56AD-117AD, Roman Senator and Historian


Aug 23 2 comments
Andre Gide, giving

>All You Are Unable

>Why a dresser?
Because it dresses you.

Many are possessed by how they dress.

Many are possessed by what is on top of the dresser (my inclination).

Many are possessed by the mirror and what they see, or hope to see, or pretend to see.

For many it is the dresser itself. Old, handed down – memories you can’t know from the family you do.

Maybe it’s the status of having that exquisite designer piece of furniture.

Maybe the dresser possesses you.

What is your ‘dresser’?

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quote by Andre Gide, French guy, 1869-1951


Mar 21 0 comments
giving, Theodore Roosevelt

>Until They Know

>napkin_01-27-04 - Until They Know

This is somewhat of a cliche I suppose, at least I have heard it a lot over the years. But, as with most cliches, this one has truth within it.


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