One day you really will have lived your final 24 hours and the only way to  avoid the tragedy of having wasted that day or any other part of your life is make it a habit of acting in a way that you do not regret.

It's important to protect our energy and to say no so that we may focus our energy on the things that matter the most to us. 

Today's Daily Spark is based on notes taken from a talk Dr. Jenny Wang (https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/united-states/houston/therapy/jenny-wang) gave on Instagram. 

Speak to empower, not to cut. Act to help, not to harm. It’s not a way -- it’s the way.

Your kindness to others today matters just as much as your kindness to others tomorrow matters. The compassionate and kind world we seek doesn't happen in a day, it happens we show up for it every day.

The way you change the culture is the way you treat any other long game: you see each act for the essential building block of the future that it is.

Part of getting to a place worth being is choosing to act in its direction

Like any worthwhile endeavor, cultivating compassion takes time and patience but it’s well worth it because there is a more kind, gentle, and loving world waiting for us at the other end of it.

Your voice and actions breed awareness. Awareness breeds compassion. Compassion breeds acceptance, tolerance, and healing.

Every time you speak up, you create the opportunity for others to develop awareness and compassion for the issues you think are critical. Awareness and compassion are the foundation on top of which issues get attention & eventually resolution.

As you endeavor to make progress — to move towards a better and important place — consider these three facets that make it possible: focus, remembrance, and specific action.