{"id":37698,"date":"2019-08-11T10:06:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T10:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=37698"},"modified":"2019-08-11T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T10:09:32","slug":"digest-your-reading-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/digest-your-reading-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;DIGEST YOUR READING&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5123580823957590\" data-ad-slot=\"7875984934\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"> &#8220;DIGEST YOUR READING&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\" https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/thought-provokinginspirational\/19-powerful-kindness-quotes-that-will-stay-with-you?slide=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Digest<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ouL4ZMEdIs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">Let it not be said that eLanka ever fails to be interesting.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">This writer began serious &#8220;sniffing&#8221; of pages of old print, out of glorious volumes of gilt-edged tomes, at age 5 &amp; a half, fell in love (as they say) with reading, pestering Rev. Mother Brittall, an English Nun, who was Librarian of my 1st School,<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">with teaching me the meaning of those huge 5 letter words, before going on to read anything I could lay my hands on.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">Say no more. I have always been an ardent fan of a little Magazine called Readers&#8217; Digest, collected them for years, and so if you ever want to &#8220;DIGEST YOUR READING&#8221; , try this<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">(Editor-in-Chief.)&#8211;eLanka.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Friends&#8230;.Do PLEASE \u00a0read and ingest the 19 Powerful Quotes on Kindness&#8230;Very inspiring<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Words of kindness<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Words-of-kindness1-600x390.jpg\" alt=\"Words of kindness\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">Kindness quotes are a good reminder for everyone on how easy it is to spread joy rather than hate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37700 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ralph-Waldo-Emerson2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Waldo Emerson\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993300;\">\u201cYou cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/true-stories-lifestyle\/inspirational\/14-simple-acts-kindness-you-can-do-2-minutes-or-less\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here are 14 simple acts of kindness you can do in 2 minutes or less.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The 14th Dalai Lama<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-14th-Dalai-Lama3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"The 14th Dalai Lama\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cBe kind whenever possible. It is always possible.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/true-stories-lifestyle\/18-forgiveness-quotes-will-help-you-finally-let-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don\u2019t miss these 18 forgiveness quotes that will let you finally let go.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Joseph Joubert<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Joseph-Joubert4-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Joubert\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cA part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/true-stories-lifestyle\/ten-inspirational-quotes-worlds-strongest-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enjoy these 10 inspirational quotes from the world\u2019s strongest women.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Cheryl Strayed<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37703 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cheryl-Strayed5.jpg\" alt=\"Cheryl Strayed\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cCompassion isn\u2019t about solutions. It\u2019s about giving all the love that you\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/true-stories-lifestyle\/reader-stories\/The-Kindness-of-Strangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Readers share their stories about the kindness of strangers \u2013 get your tissues handy!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Princess Diana<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Princess-Diana6-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Diana\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cCarry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.\u201d Don\u2019t miss these quotes that inspire gratitude.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readersdigest.com.au\/true-stories-lifestyle\/thought-provoking\/quotable-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enjoy these random quotable quotes from all walks of life.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Scott Adams<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Scott-Adams7-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Adams\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cRemember there\u2019s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Roald Dahl<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Roald-Dahl8-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Roald Dahl\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cI think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I\u2019ll put it before any of the things like courage, or bravery, or generosity, or anything else\u2026 Kindness \u2013 that simple word. To be kind \u2013\u00a0it covers everything, to my mind. If you\u2019re kind that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Mother Teresa<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37707 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mother-Teresa9-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Mother Teresa\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cSpread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Barbara De Angelis<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37708 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Barbara-De-Angelis10-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara De Angelis\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cLove and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Richard Gere<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Richard-Gere11-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Gere\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cWhat we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Sam Levenson<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Sam-Levenson12-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Levenson\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cFor attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Franklin-D.-Roosevelt13-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin D. Roosevelt\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cHuman kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fibre of a free people.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Sharon Salzberg<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37713 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Sharon-Salzberg14-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sharon Salzberg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cThat is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Eric Hoffer<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eric-Hoffer15-1-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Hoffer\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cKindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Albert Schweitzer<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Albert-Schweitzer16-1-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Schweitzer\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cAs for\u2026the fear that compassion will involve you in suffering, counter it with the realization that the sharing of sorrow expands your capacity to share joy as well. When you callously ignore the suffering of others, you lose the capacity to share their happiness, too.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Anne Herbert<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37717 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anne-Herbert17-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Anne Herbert\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cPractice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Steve Maraboli<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37718 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Maraboli18-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Maraboli\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cA kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Wes Angelozzi<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37719 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wes-Angelozzi19-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Wes Angelozzi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">\u201cGo and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;DIGEST YOUR READING&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly Source:Digest Let it not be said that eLanka ever fails to be interesting. This writer began serious &#8220;sniffing&#8221; of pages of old print, out of glorious volumes of gilt-edged tomes, at age 5 &amp; a half, fell in love (as they say) with reading, pestering Rev. 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