Small pauses
A quiet record of the things worth noticing: a moment, a question, a little truth that might otherwise pass us by.
What if our kindness was simply accepted?No praise. No gratitude. No feeling that we had saved someone. Just another person whose day became a little softer.Would we still help?Can we let kindness be enough, without needing it to make us feel like more?
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“Sometimes doing the right thing today is a gift we leave for tomorrow.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“Sometimes you just have to do the right thing, irrespective of the possible consequences.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thoughtHelp to make someone’s day a little softer.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thoughtSome days felt endless,some carried a weight,we learned early onhow to question, then wait.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thoughtBut some days stretchlike winter roads,with miles and miles to bear.They test the heart,they bend the back,they ask if we still care.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“I’m sorry.Lo siento.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“See clearly. Question honestly. Judge gently.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“There is no redo. Spend your life where it matters.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
—A. A. Milne
Open this thought“Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.”
—Leo Buscaglia
Open this thoughtThink of others,even as they smile.They may hide a troubled heart,trying to walk that final mile.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thoughtPonder this: Every relationship ends, either by choice or by death.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thoughtWhat day is it, asked Daddy Bear.It's today, laughed Baby Bear.
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”
—Robin Williams as John Keating, Dead Poets Society
Open this thought“The dollars we earn,” Baby Bear once said,“Buy supper and blankets and somewhere for bed.”“Yes,” answered Mommy Bear, “and all that is true.But money can wait as our days slip from view.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“September mornings are cool,and the birds begin their dance.This reminds us today will be different,and tomorrow will be another chance.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“Sometimes the smallest thingsare the easiest things to miss.A warm cup of coffee.Clean clothes.Someone who loves you,and is very glad that you are you.They may seem like ordinary things.But perhaps ordinary thingsare simply little miracleswe have forgotten to notice.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“In all of the turmoil, the rushing and pushing,set aside a moment for listening.Listening to the cicadas.”
—Bryan Brouwer
Open this thought“You don’t have to finish today, only begin.”
—Bryan Brouwer
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