A long time ago, I read a story about a man who was miserable and knew he needed to make a change. He decided to look for something good in everyone he met. That morning a man walked into his business who had clearly not bathed in quite some time. The businessman struggled to find something good in him but noticed his shoelaces were beautifully and perfectly tied. He talked with the man while focusing on his shoelaces.
A couple of weeks later, a well-dressed man walked in and approached the businessman. “You probably don’t recognize me. I came in a couple of weeks ago at the lowest point of my life. I was on my way to the bridge down the road to end it all but decided that if I found any kindness on my way, I would not jump. Your kindness to me that day was the reason I didn’t jump. I began to see things differently after that, and things have started to turn around.”
There is a light in everyone, no matter how it might seem. Everyone is walking around, hoping someone will recognize the light in them and not stop at what they appear to be on the surface. We all want to be seen.
The beautiful thing is that when we look for the light in others, we begin to release our light too, and our light remains hidden to the degree that we refuse to recognize it in others.
But don’t take my word for it. Take this into the laboratory of your own life and try it for yourself. Be determined to see the light in everyone you meet today (both in person or in thought) and see what happens.
Greet everyone silently today, “I want to see the light in you and not what you appear to be on the surface. Your light is my light, and mine is yours.”
Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™ 
“Be determined to see the light in everyone you meet today (both in person or in thought) and see what happens.”—Excellent challenge. Thanks for sharing.
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Love this so much, I’ve done this for a long time and it really does help you see the light in others, and makes our light shine brighter too!
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I love princess sassy pants, I love all your inspirational stories and I love posting your beautiful words! Thank you!
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Exactly what I needed today
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What a blessing you are!!!
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It’s all right there in this story
Great gratitude my dear Princess
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Thank you so much for this post today. It was exactly what I needed.
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💕💕💕
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Thank You so much! This is beautiful. This year has been very challenging! Every Sunday My Son brings a young man to our house from a Sober living mental health facility.
I try my best to welcome each young man.
In this world we live in it is very hard not judge a book by its cover and get to know the value of each person.
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Thank you for this JLL.
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This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for shining your light to brightly, lighting the world for so many of us, both near and far.
Love and light right back at you from Sunny South Africa
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