Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter. — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
The practice of kindness is the daily, friendly, homely caring form of love. It is both humble-a schoolboy bringing his teacher a bouquet of dandelions-and exalted-a fireman giving his life to save someone else's. Kindness is love with hands and… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
Forgiveness in no way justifies the actions that caused your wounding, nor does it mean that you have to seek out those who harmed… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
When cancer first came into my life, people all around me treated it as the enemy. I was told I had to join the medical team and we'd fight together to defeat it. This was the wrong thing to say to someone who was the last one to be picked for any team. I was much happier sitting on the… — Dawna Markova Copy Share
In my better moments, I think of apathy as purpose's sleep. In my worse moments, when I'm trying to fix it or get rid… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
To explore what it would mean to live fully, sensually alive and passionately on purpose, I have to drop my preconceived ideas of who… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so… — Dawna Markova Copy Share
Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
Through fear of knowing who we really are we sidestep our own destiny, which leaves us hungry in a famine of our own making...we… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
That which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
The moments you are given are your true wealth. You don't need power, influence, or fame. The sunlight brings the power; the wind carries the influence. And as for fame, well, when you allow yourself to notice all those hands that have made your growth possible, you will also recognize what you have made possible for countless others — and… — Dawna Markova Copy Share
