I need to hang this up and see how many of them I can do . . . is every day too often?
I so wish I could take credit for writing this, but I can’t. I’ve had it for years, and I think it may have been from an ad, as no author is cited. It resides in a Christmas ornament box, dog-eared and yellowed, and I mist up every year when I read it.
- Mend a quarrel.
- Seek out a forgotten friend.
- Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.
- Write a love letter.
- Share some treasure.
- Give a soft answer.
- Encourage youth.
- Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
- Keep a promise.
- Find the time.
- Forego a grudge.
- Forgive an enemy.
- Listen.
- Apologize if you were wrong.
- Try to understand.
- Flout envy.
- Examine your demands on others.
- Think first of someone else.
- Appreciate.
- Be kind.
- Be gentle.
- Laugh a little.
- Laugh a little more.
- Deserve confidence.
- Take up arms against malice.
- Decry complacency.
- Express your gratitude.
- Welcome a stranger.
- Gladden the heart of a child.
- Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.