To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
Interpretation
Experiencing the simplest joys in life is a precious blessing.
This quote by Christopher Reeve reflects the profound appreciation for the small yet meaningful experiences in life. It emphasizes that the ability to feel and enjoy even the lightest touches—whether they be physical sensations or emotional connections—represents a significant and valuable aspect of our existence, highlighting the beauty in simplicity and presence.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of appreciating small moments.
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.
Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.
We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces.
At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.
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