God wants you to be in the world, but so different from the world that you will change it. Get cracking.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to embrace their unique qualities to positively impact the world around them.
Mother Angelica's quote underscores the importance of being actively engaged in the world while maintaining distinctiveness that allows for personal influence. It suggests that individuals are called to not only exist within their environments but to stand out in such a way that their actions and beliefs can inspire change in others. The directive to 'get cracking' serves as a motivational push to begin making a difference immediately.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech to encourage creativity and innovation in a team.
I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers.
I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature.
The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death.
Our memories are our own, and we cannot blame anything or anyone in the past for any pain dwelling there. If we open the door to them or keep hashing over past incidents in our minds, we have only ourselves to blame.
Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.
Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.
I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world's difficulties.
Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love.
When kids want a picture or autograph, you reflect later on and realize you did something good. Then you see them come back five years later, they're all grown up, have their own lives and they tell you how much you inspired them. You're like, 'Whoa.'
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.
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