The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
FRED ROGERSForgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
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The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.
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Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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Life is for service.
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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
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Love begins with listening.
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