If you are trying to be a better person and someone taunts you for wrongs which you once did, pay no attention. By acting that way, they show that they also need to change.

You are truly ashamed of what you did. But now you have changed and you know it. So feel proud if someone does this to you. Act humbly around such a person… and smile from within.

Kindness is a great virtue. If you have that trait, don’t misuse it. One must have control over our positive qualities as well as our negative ones. Being kind to someone is sometimes not being kind to them at all; instead, it might promote something that they said or did which was not good.

Take pride in your positive virtues; just be wise enough to know when to use them. Being unpleasant to someone at times can just be your ‘tough love’. Still, try to give warm love and empathy wherever you can. It’s good for the spirit and soul of those who share in it, especially yours.

‘Love’ has to be one of the most misused (and misunderstood?) words that we use. Our reasons and feelings for using the word ‘love’ can be very bewildering, even when we say it sincerely.

Love can be fleeting to so many. We love someone because they are clever, funny or good looking. But when any of those qualities vanish, we may not love that person anymore.

When love depends on something other than a bond that we have in our heart and soul with another’s spirit, it’s not true love. It’s an infatuation of something physical or cerebral. True love comes from joining with the essence of someone, not the presence of someone.

To find Heaven on earth, first come to know your essence. Then discover and bathe in the light and wonder of someone else’s.

I sometimes roll my eyes when I hear someone say that they always tell the truth and never lie.  I think… they just lied!

What is meaningful is that we should always strive for harmony with our significant others and friends.  And if we must occasionally deviate from the truth in order to maintain peace and good will with those we care for, then that is a good deed. 

If we simply look to material things for happiness, we’ll always feel unfulfilled and long for something more.  Yes, “stuff” can make us happy, but the feeling is fleeting.  Lasting contentment and joy comes from experiences such as love, kinship, camaraderie, and a closeness with the One greater than you.