1. Inward calm in the eye of life’s storms
2. Detachment from drama – offering the ability to see things from a greater perspective
3. Sense of well-being. Chances are, if you’re feeling great, others around you will feel great too.
4. Flexibility. Flowing with what life delivers to you shows others they can do it too.
5. Ability to be and live in a more simple manner. Actions speak louder than words. When you make molehills out of mountains, others can see how it can be done.
6. Ever-growing compassion – for self, and for others. It has a chain reaction, you know…
7. Harmony with life. Valuing the life of every living thing makes others realize how you value them as well.
8. You will become more grateful and others will sense the upbeat, positive spirit that gratitude nurtures.

“A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well.

She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima.

The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve.

He said quietly and with great dignity,

“Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings