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Monday 19 April 2021

Something beautiful - it's your decision

A beautiful face, an untouched stretch of beach are often more than rivaled in their impact by beautiful actions or beautiful decisions. For example, a person who has someone in their power can do something beautiful by not exercising that control over the other when it would be a simple matter to use them for their own advantage. 
The beauty arises from the decision to regard as a better thing the gifting of respect and freedom to the other person. That gift allows the other to then grow and blossom in their own right. 
Similarly there are those beautiful decisions people find able to make in extreme circumstances where they offer even their own life for the good of another. A case in point is the sharing of a kidney. 
Just as flowers need good earth and rain and fertilizer, beautiful decisions need a good imagination,  a strong mind, and a heart that has learnt to be generous and brave.

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