Day 109f: Upon life’s more stalwart Shoulders … (August 16, 2019)

I then ambled onward, over a long and traffic-laden bridge over the Hackensack River into the town of Kearney, and then onward again across a bridge just as bustling – over the Passaic River and into the city of Newark proper …

Each time a person passes by you and you say ‘Hello’ – even if he seems affronted or is merely riding in an auto zooming past, vividly imagine him turning into a candle – a candle that your mere waving kindness has ignited as he flows onward. In truth, the more positivity, love and light you shine upon others, the more light itself will be rekindled in the Heart of the world. And sharing beautiful Hellos with strangers is possibly the quickest way to effectuate that illumination. So start seeing the same as potent declarations of Faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family – and every time that greeting is in any way recognized, a bit more like Family we all become.” ~ via Suzy Kassem