The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.
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The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it.
If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.
Life shoould be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at other move forward with it.
And that is just the point... how the world, moist and beautiful, calls to each of us to make a new and serious response. That's the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. "Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?
Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that's waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
When you have the choice between being right and being kind just choose kind.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.
Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness.
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
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