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.
FRED ROGERSOne of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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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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I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
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Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.
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You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
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It’s a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.
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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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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
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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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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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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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