My thought for the day ~

I found a piece of this quote on a video that Yahoo has posted today

(http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/2011/blog/1263/inspiring-video/)

that shows some inspirational stories of the past year.

Not all of the inspirational bits, because there are too many to post in a short sequence such as this, but some points and highlights that touched the video-journalist's heart.

The partial quote struck me...

it was easy enough to track down the entire piece, and it is even more beautiful in that form.

So, my thought that I share with you for today, coupled with a status from a friend of mine, follow:

One must say Yes to life, and embrace it wherever it is found - and it is found in terrible places... For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)

and the status:

(not attributing until i have permission to use his name, but not claiming it as my own)

"Wake up your sleeping; day to day you walk around like a sleeping giant, for you have so much to give, so much to show the world...but avast you are still sleeping"

Go do some good in the world around you today ~

make somebody smile.

Imagine that as you touch anything today, speak to it, look at it, that it becomes illuminated and more.

Feel the power and energy that you carry within you

and share it in every corner and in every step

that you take today.

♥♥♥