Tag Archives: world

A Bright and Happy Place

Posted on November 25, 2012 by russtowne

Let your intentions be good – embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds – and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve. – Grenville Kleiser Source: … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Attittude, Choices, Goodness, Quotes I Love | Tagged be good, bright, cheerful words, embodied, good thoughts, Grenville Kleiser, happy, intentions, istopforsuffering, place, play, serve, unselfish deeds, Work, world | 6 Comments

A Great First Step

Posted on November 23, 2012 by russtowne

I admire the creativity of the person who created the “Coexist” graphic which is spelled out using several religious symbols. It is clever and important message. Coexisting is a great first step toward global peace. And, I believe that humanity … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Peace | Tagged coexist, fairness, forgive, global, humanity, Love, peace, religious, share, support, world | 6 Comments

Blessed Day

Posted on November 18, 2012 by russtowne

I dream of the blessed day when humanity awakens from its terrible nightmare and begins to fight for peace with as much ferocity, tenacity, and heroism as we’ve fought our wars. –Russ Towne

Posted in Breakthroughs, Courage, Dreams, Growth/Learning, Hope, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Peace, Poetry I Wrote, Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere | Tagged dream, ferocity, fight, fight for, for, fought, heroism, humanity, nightmare, peace, tenacity, wars, world | 10 Comments

Essentially Me

Posted on November 18, 2012 by russtowne

“Focus on what has always been essentially you.” (Source: Andrea Kelly’s blog “A Handwritten Life”–I just spent a very pleasant hour there.) When I began to focus on what has always been essentially me, I found out some amazing things … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Following Your Passion, Quotes I Love | Tagged A Handwritten Life, alwasy, Andrea Kelly, blog, celebrate, erupt, erupts, essentially, focus, forth, hearts, holding, invite, me, minds, spirits, springs, volcano, world, you | 4 Comments

More People Than You Can Imagine

Posted on October 2, 2012 by russtowne

“Think you can’t change the world? Too late, you already have. It was changed the moment you were born. There are more people than you can imagine who will never be the same because they came into contact with you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love | Tagged better, born, change, change the world, Gail Purcell Elliott, Imagine, more than you can imagine, world | 17 Comments

An Infinite Succession of Presents

Posted on September 20, 2012 by russtowne

(Originally posted on March 30, 2012) “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, Courage, Kindness, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love | Tagged act, behaved, believe, compassion, courage, different, direction, energy, gives, grand, Howard Zinn, Infinite, kindness, magnificently, people, presents, sacrifice, succession, us, utopian, wisdom, Wisdom Quotes, world | 6 Comments

A World As Big As Your Heart

Posted on September 3, 2012 by russtowne

“A person’s world is only as big as his heart.” –Tanya A. Moore (Source: Tiny Buddha) I believe that saying is true and wise. As my heart has grown so has my world. Russ

Posted in Growth/Learning, Love, Quotes I Love, Truth, Wisdom | Tagged grow, grown, heart, Love, Tanya A. Moore, Tiny Buddha, true, truth, wisdom, wise, world | 16 Comments

Astounding Ourselves

Posted on August 19, 2012 by russtowne

“If we all did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.”–Thomas Edison I lived much of my life in great fear. Fear of rejection. Fear of making a fool of myself. Fear of being … Continue reading →

Posted in Fear, Gratitude, Potential, Quotes I Love | Tagged astound, Astounding, capable, fear, gratitude, readers, relief, Thomas Edison, world | 21 Comments

Knowing What I Need

Posted on July 4, 2012 by russtowne

There was a time when I expected Beloved to know what I needed and to provide it. There were multiple problems with that approach. First, I’ve come to learn that expectations are the cause of much suffering. When I reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Family "Fun", Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Love, True Stories I've Written | Tagged amazing, amazingly, approach, beloved, choice, commitment, critical needs, happy, marriage, options, simple, understand, wife, world | 8 Comments

A Deep Sense Of Who I Am

Posted on June 29, 2012 by russtowne

“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life. So you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.” –Fred Rogers I believe there is much widsom in … Continue reading →