![A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tc--MQ5T3Q8/X1tcaxEY5DI/AAAAAAAAFXY/rwt452D1Ad0NDLTlOnu5t14yVP0S7_4twCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-kind-gesture-can-reach-a-wound-that-only-compassion-can-heal.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Steve Maraboli
![A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tc--MQ5T3Q8/X1tcaxEY5DI/AAAAAAAAFXY/rwt452D1Ad0NDLTlOnu5t14yVP0S7_4twCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-kind-gesture-can-reach-a-wound-that-only-compassion-can-heal.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Today is yours to shape. Create a masterpiece!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ESxXiofOIgY/X1uOU5XVifI/AAAAAAAAK-A/scXQTWlyLvcXObAHftcH8iuzPh9YDCq7gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/today-is-yours-to-shape-create-a-masterpiece.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Today is yours to shape. Create a masterpiece!
![Simplify your life. You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wgg1wSjQvmg/X1t7hyQpleI/AAAAAAAAJNw/tQz4qPWJDIM8mQhGQUCYN8Ig0uK5RpjZwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/simplify-your-life-you-dont-grow-spiritual-you-shrink-spiritual.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Simplify your life. You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.
![The road to success is always under construction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dzLFKyhThoc/X1uKaLf3pEI/AAAAAAAAKdg/RWRiEtAaPIcui_uBrpmoN6BOwdyYM4rHACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-road-to-success-is-always-under-construction.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The road to success is always under construction.
![Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Hc0AeA0av0/X1t8OtvVSVI/AAAAAAAAJWY/BRzwYZshN6YufVLdzdzrOR0VtQwf6XfQQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stop-giving-meaningless-praise-and-start-giving-meaningful-action.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.
![Sometimes you’re drowning yourself in your own words.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kGQIF2sNxz0/X1t8HRBIdtI/AAAAAAAAJUw/p_UZFpfTJz02DjBLCpoKmR3BOtFkU968wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sometimes-youre-drowning-yourself-in-your-own-words.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sometimes you’re drowning yourself in your own words.
![The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E4zMfUZRfgM/X1uJetGcDjI/AAAAAAAAKR8/eLAyG0qRxFUB7x5LxW8XEJGE_AllWysrQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-greatest-step-towards-a-life-of-simplicity-is-to-learn-to-let-go.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
![Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eaVnONmoSTw/X1tng7nS3qI/AAAAAAAAGgE/7iWH1ogmCZAv1AOTyTSc8b0n91yZNSgTACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/free-yourself-from-the-inauthenticity-and-disempowerment-of-your-story.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.
![Interrupt your thoughts of “I should”, with your action of doing.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qWXDTA46faE/X1tu03NrMpI/AAAAAAAAHw4/TF-9Dq8bZrUjG5s15PirKm8xG36Pb9VFACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/interrupt-your-thoughts-of-i-should-with-your-action-of-doing.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Interrupt your thoughts of “I should”, with your action of doing.
![In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ed5sokUvUxc/X1tuuUpJ1qI/AAAAAAAAHv0/3TxqCSKj3zYsLJOD2xbpsLurDHaoTFN-ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/in-your-own-life-its-important-to-know-how-spectacular-you-are.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are.
![Life itself is simple…it’s just not easy.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jWJm4fwbjso/X1t0uNIhqXI/AAAAAAAAIMs/7nB07vYBB_IvW5mByCgG25oM6rh528EzQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-itself-is-simpleits-just-not-easy.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Life itself is simple…it’s just not easy.
![Change is the parent of progress.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-20MOSLpwj04/X1tiNdAW2jI/AAAAAAAAF6o/ye6JgF5sq18ZTBX4TDVNQl3dUq1WqnfIgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/change-is-the-parent-of-progress.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)