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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.

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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.
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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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Community Human Life Myself Person Philosophy
Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
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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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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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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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