Offering beautiful wisdom, the Gifts of Love collection contains messages of kindness, compassion, hope—and of course love—for living an inspired life and overcoming every-day challenges. The perfect gift for every occasion. Every celebration. Every age and every stage of life.
A life without passion is no life at all.
You’ve heard these words before.
But reading or hearing is only one step
Toward grasping meaning, and furthermore.
Here are more words to support this proposal,
The truth of which I have no doubt:
If you have no purpose, you have no passion.
And without passion, you’ve sold yourself out.
If cynicism and apathy are regular moods
That endanger your daily routine.
It’s because you’ve abandoned yourself and what matters…
Lost the truth of what might have been.
Passion, excitement and confidence are
Essential elements for everyday living.
They’re necessary to your peace of mind,
And a joyous exchange you are giving.
When you are passionate the others around you
Feed off your amazing dance.
They absorb your bounce and give it right back,
And joy is not left to chance.
Watch the Gifts of Love story.
― Maya Angelou
Honestly, the longer I live, the more I am coming face to face with my own life’s “truisms!” I’ve even written poems about them!
Throughout the ages, the advice to love yourself first has prevailed. From Buddha to Eleanor Roosevelt; from Oscar Wilde to Rumi; from Hecaton of Rhodes to Dolly Parton, the advice has been the same.
It has occurred to me recently, with all the unpleasant news filling the air ways day after day, that more attention needs to be paid to positive and uplifting thoughts and information for our ears (and our souls). The result?
