Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Interpretation
Worry diminishes our ability to face challenges today without helping us with future problems.
This quote by Corrie Ten Boom emphasizes the futility of worrying about the future. Rather than preparing us for what lies ahead, worrying drains our energy and mental strength in the present, leaving us less capable of dealing with current challenges and enjoying the moment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming anxiety and living in the moment.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
One of the qualities essential to being good at reading poetry is also one of the qualities essential to being good at life: a capacity for surprise. It’s easy to become so mired in our likes or dislikes that we can no longer recall that person who once responded to poems—and to people—without any preconceived notions of what we wanted them to be.
One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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