” You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
Emerson says: — The Müscleheaded Blog
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A Powerful and Simple Philosophy for a Good Life
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Take a Walk
“It is the best of humanity, I think, that goes out to walk. In happy hours all affairs may be wisely postponed for this. Dr. Johnson said, ‘Few men know how to take a walk,’ and it is pretty certain that Dr. Johnson was not one of those few. It is a fine art; there are degrees of proficiency, and we distinguish the professors from the apprentices. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good-humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence, and nothing too much. Good observers have the manners of trees and animals, and if they add words, it is only when words are better than silence. But a vain talker profanes the river and the forest, and is nothing like so good company as a dog.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Country Life,” 1857
What I wouldn’t give to chuck it all in today and just walk in the wilderness.
Be Kind While You Can
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great advice from a great thinker. Life is short and it’s easy to forget those important people in our lives; until it’s too late.
Observation by Emerson
Aside
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
