Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
TUTU DESMONDYou don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful, and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
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We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.
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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
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Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
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If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There’s nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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