"Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart."
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Believing doesn't always mean certainty.
Sometimes it's a choice to continue even when you don't know for sure and the outcome isn't clear.
Today I'm practicing believing in myself and the power of community by staying with this Season for Nonviolence intention.
"It is the time you have wasted on your rose that makes your rose so important."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
Caring shows up in how I handle things, not only how I feel about them. This crisp origami paper from Japan holds and shows every crease I make, carefully or carelessly.
Today I'm practicing caring by cherishing and being gentle with what's in my hands.
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
- Voltaire
Appreciation begins with recognizing the goodness, beauty or efforts of others and then offering respect by acknowledging it.
I don't design origami (yet). I appreciate the designs of others and using the paper I have available, I create my unique versions of them.
Today I'm practicing appreciation by crediting those designers and sincerely saying thank you. Without your hard work and heartfelt efforts to share, I wouldn't have so many lovely choices of models to fold and express myself with.
I appreciate you!
Special thanks also to the creators of and on Pinterest, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Without those technologies my repertoire would be so much smaller.
