When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems.
Interpretation
Focusing on the positive aspects of life can overshadow our problems.
This quote emphasizes the power of a positive mindset. By consciously choosing to concentrate on the good and excellent aspects of life, we fill our minds and hearts with positivity, which can diminish the weight of our problems and challenges. It suggests that a shift in focus can transform our perspective and improve our overall well-being.
In practice
In a motivational speech emphasizing resilience and positivity during challenging times.
Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an experiment. Note your feelings of helplessness and excessive dependence upon words to communicate. Try to find new ways to relate to tohers that are not dependent upon words. Enjoy, savor the day. Learn from it.
Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust...They point us toward a way of living in which everything we have we receive as a gift, and everything we have is cared for by God, and everything we have is available to others when it is right and good. This reality frames the heart of Christian simplicity. It is the means of liberation and power to do what is right and to overcome the forces of fear and avarice.
Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the evil of humanity and so heal it, forgive it, redeem it.
Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the solitude of the heart,' but if that does not somehow work its way into our experience, then we have missed the point of the Disciplines. We are dealing with actions, not merely states of mind.
Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears
It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.
There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.
You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.
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