You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait.
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You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait.
Every moment is a fresh new beginning... a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the Universe. We can do whatever we want. We can change reality at any moment.
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.
For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.
We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That's what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and you can do that, too. And the other thing they said was enjoy life. That's a rule, a law- enjoy life- you're supposed to.
We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
One of the most radical things you can do, is to actually believe women when they tell you about their experiences.
Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you
Spend plenty of time with God; let other things go, but don't neglect Him. We are not here to do work for God, we are here to be workers with Him, those through whom He can do His work.
Forgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach... One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire.
Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything.
We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin.
God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you could ever dream for yourself. When you've worked as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and pled and bargained and hoped... Surrender. _x000D_ When you have done all that you can do, and there's nothing left for you to do, give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself, and let it then become a part of the flow.
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me, if I do that well enough, then I'll be able to look after someone else -- the children or the husband or the elderly. But I have to look after myself first. I know that some people think that's being selfish, I think that's being self-full.
As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesn’t matter to me. The world is full of suffering, distress, violence and catastrophes. Students must decide: does something concern you or not? I say: look around, analyze the problems, ask yourself what you can do and set out on the work!
Our biggest threat is not an asteroid about to crash into us, something we can do nothing about. Instead, all the major threats facing us today are problems entirely of our own making. And since we made the problems, we can also solve the problems.
Do whatever you have to do as quickly as you can, so you can do whatever you WANT to do, for as long as you can.
Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.
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