Tag Archives: selfish

Collateral Compassion and Kindness

Posted on February 25, 2013 by russtowne

When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, “Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison.” And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, “Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, Kindness, Love, My Beliefs, Quotes I Love, Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere | Tagged beautiful, collateral compassion, collateral kindness, compassion, disappointment, hate, Kahlil Gibran, kindness, Life, self, selfish, unbeautiful, understanding, wordsmith.org, world | 4 Comments

The Most Selfish Thing I’ve Ever Done

Posted on November 25, 2012 by russtowne

The Thanksgiving holiday period is now over. For some dear people in my life, they weren’t wonderful times. For many, the holidays are cold, dark, and lonely. One friend mentioned the challenge of trying to forgive someone who’d hurt them … Continue reading →

Posted in Anger, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Forgiveness, Growth/Learning, Loneliness, Patience & Persistence | Tagged acknowledge, acknowledging, ackowledged, Actions, dear, focus, forgave, forgive, forgiving, holiday, holidays, hurt, loneliness, lonely, Love, loved, pain, selfish, selfishly, Thanksgiving, Work, worked | 8 Comments

The Other Side Of Me

Posted on July 10, 2012 by russtowne

Below is a slightly revised repost that is important to me for my newer readers to see. I have received a number of great compliments from many of you lately and appreciate every single one of them. A lot. Thank … Continue reading →