Attempting a Continuously Positive Mindset

[Simchah Sason]

I think that's an excellent distinction.

Thank you, brother.

I remember my cornerstone.
It was to pick up trash after someone in a public restroom alone and without any witnesses but myself.

I decided if I can't do it for others to see and learn from,I can still do it for myself. I owe it to myself to do the right thing even if nobody is around to see me do it.

I will try to keep a positive mindset, not just for myself, but for others too.

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.”
"Climb a mountain - and tell no one."
... To take responsibility for some task and to do it for its own good is, I think, an attitude of the Creator. I see the Creator in you, brother. Thank you for this inspiration.

Well, with a name like Simcha, you are already a step ahead, right?

Indeed!

Just for the sake of conversation, tell me, friend, how do you expect to find love in the face of desolation or heartache or injustice or seemingly senseless suffering?  How do  you find love when you are angry beyond words or painfully hungry or witnessing widespread cruelty?

I'm not asking to discourage you, I am asking out of love, love for Truth.

Although I often take the position of the 'fool on the hill' who tries to see the world without paradox and without disharmony because I know that in the end all is well, I must not forget that we live in a heavy density. It is not my intention to belittle the pain and grief of any other. Joy is not my blindfold; rather, it is a lantern. It is a hammer. It is a salve. Desolation must be illuminated to find what remains whole. A broken heart must be fixed. Suffering must be eased. I can see Love in suffering in the same way that I can see water in a stein - that is, I see that the possibility exists for Love to fill that seemingly empty vessel.